Vallnord, Ski area in La Massana, Andorra
Vallnord is a ski area in the parishes of La Massana and Ordino, Andorra, formed by the commercial union of Pal Arinsal and Ordino-Arcalís. Pal Arinsal has two sectors, Pal and Arinsal, linked by a cable car opened in 2005; Ordino-Arcalís lies several kilometres away and has no ski or cable link to them. The domain covers 89 km of runs across 66 pistes.
Vallnord was created for the 2004-2005 season as a commercial union of the Pal Arinsal and Ordino-Arcalís ski stations, in the parishes of La Massana and Ordino. In June 2020 the brand was kept until 2022, with a joint "Valls del Nord" pass while the two stations ran independently. Ordino Arcalís joined Grandvalira Resorts in 2019 and Pal Arinsal in 2023.
Vallnord is a commercial union of two ski areas, Pal Arinsal and Ordino Arcalís, joined for the 2004-2005 season. From 2015-2016 each area regained its own name and management, and since 2019 Ordino Arcalís and since 2023 Pal Arinsal belong to Grandvalira Resorts. The name Vallnord is Catalan, and the linked Pal and Arinsal sectors are reached by cable cars from the villages of La Massana and Arinsal.
Pal Arinsal is reached by two separate gondolas: one from the village of La Massana up to the Pal sector, another from the village of Arinsal up to the Arinsal sector. Pal and Arinsal are joined by a cable car from the top of the Arinsal sector, opened in 2005. The Ordino-Arcalís sector lies several kilometres away and has no ski, cable car or gondola link to Pal Arinsal.
Vallnord was a commercial union of two ski areas, Pal Arinsal and Ordino-Arcalís, from the 2004-2005 season; since 2015-2016 both recovered their own names and management. Pal Arinsal's cable car from the town of La Massana climbs to the Pal sector, while a separate cable car from Arinsal village serves the Arinsal sector. The two Pal Arinsal sectors are linked by cable car, but neither has a ski or cable link to Ordino-Arcalís.
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