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Take advantage of Baquira’s exceptional off piste terrain on this 6 day adventure led by top guides! Hit the fresh powder by day and indulge in the Spanish culture by night.
What's Included
What’s included
- Return group flights & transfers
- Half board for 7 nights
- 6 days with mountain guides
- Ski Passes
What’s not included
- Lunches
- Ski/boot hire
On Snow Experience
On this holiday you’ll spend 6 days skiing off piste with expert mountain guides. This holiday is aimed at Purple and Gold off piste skiers with a good level of fitness. For more information on how our ski profiles work, please visit our ‘Ski Profiles’ page. On an off piste holiday of this level, guests should be prepared to do some ski touring if necessary to reach the optimum locations.
Ski Club Reps
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We are ATOL and ABTOT protected so you can book with confidence knowing your money is secure.
Our holidays are a great way to meet and ski with other members of a similar ability to you.
Have questions? Call now and talk to our friendly team of holiday experts on 020 8410 2022.
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Prices include
7 nights half board, 4* hotel, single occupancy room, return scheduled flights and transfers, 6 days with mountain guides
Prior to booking, it is essential that guests have the correct ski profile for the holiday. See our profiles here.
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There are three bases to choose from beneath the 160km of linked slopes.
We’d recommended Baqueira as it is the largest, has the best choice of bars and restaurants and is located right in the heart of the ski area.
The slopes mostly suit intermediates, but there are some good beginner zones, most notably on the Bosque plateau above Baqueira and on the edge of Beret. More advanced skiers and boarders should not turn away however, as on a powder day the upper bowls of the resort offer terrain to rival the big hitters in the Alps.
Beginner
Fast lifts- Intermediate
Resort Activities- Advanced
- Aprés
- Snow
- Value
An uncrowded resort with an excellent snow record in the heart of Val d’Aran, Baquiera not only offers low prices and Spanish hospitality, but also world-class skiing.
Pros and cons
- Extensive snowsure skiing
- Excellent value for money
- Good off piste in the right conditions and great value heliskiing on offer
- Open, treeless slopes so can suffer in bad weather
- Few on piste challenges for advanced and expert skiers
- Still some slow, old lifts
Hotel Montarto
You’ll be staying in the charming Hotel Montarto, centrally located in the heart of Baqueira, on a half board basis. The hotel is home to two restaurants, a piano bar, and a range of spa facilities. This holiday is on a single occupancy basis. You will therefore be placed in a room on your own for the duration of the trip. If you would prefer to share a room with someone you know, then please contact the Freshtracks office and we will make the relevant arrangements.
Hotel Montarto
Carretera Puerto de la Bonaigua 1500
25598 Baqueira
Lleida, Spain
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Travel Information
This holiday includes both your flights and transfers. The flights are with British Airways departing from London Heathrow to Toulouse Airport. Ski carriage is payable at the airport only and cannot be pre-booked.
8th – 15th Feb 2025 : LHR – TLS BA0372 0745-1035 // BA0379 1700-1755
Your Ski Club Rep will coordinate the coach transfer from Toulouse airport, so please look out for them in the main arrivals hall; they will be wearing their Ski Club jacket. The transfer will take roughly two and a half hours.
If these arrangements are not convenient, you can organise your own travel and may be eligible to receive a nominal discount from the holiday cost. Furthermore, if you can find alternative flights that coincide with our flight times, then you can meet the group at the airport and take our transfers to resort. Please do not book any alternative flights or travel until your holiday has been confirmed to run. Please contact the Freshtracks office on 020 8410 2022 in order to discuss this further.
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What You Need to Know
8th – 15th Feb 2025 : Darryl Shailes
8th – 15th Feb 2025 : TBC
It is a condition of booking that you have valid and adequate snowsports insurance. It is your responsibility to ensure your policy provides cover for all the activities that you participate in during your holiday.
We offer a Ski Club Insurance policy which provides the cover we require for all bookings. This policy can be found here: Ski Club Travel Insurance – Ski Club Of Great Britain
If you decide to purchase insurance elsewhere, it is your responsibility to ensure that your policy provides cover as that of the Ski Club Insurance policy. The policy of insurance should provide cover for personal injury, death, medical and repatriation costs in the countries which you intend to visit, together with cover for loss of baggage and valuables, personal liability, delay, cancellation, curtailment, missed departure and legal expenses. The policy should also include cover against losses caused by the effects or consequences of Covid-19.
Due to the type of holidays that you will be booking with us, we also advise that your policy should include skiing off-piste without a guide. Please note, insurance premiums must be paid at the same time as booking in order for the package holiday or single service cancellation cover to be effective. It is also advised to keep your insurance details with you while you are on your holiday. If you choose to travel without adequate insurance cover, we will not be liable for any losses howsoever arising, in respect of which insurance cover would otherwise have been available.
Passport – Check your passport is in date and valid for travel by checking the entry requirements for your destination country – you can see these here: Foreign travel advice – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
For most European destinations your passport should:
- have a ‘date of issue’ less than 10 years before the date you arrive – if you renewed your passport before 1 October 2018, it may have a date of issue that is more than 10 years ago
- have an ‘expiry date’ at least 3 months after the date you plan to leave the Schengen area
Check your passport meets these requirements before you travel.
NB: Starting in 2025 (Date TBC) travel authorisation will be required to travel withing Europe – find out more here ETIAS (europa.eu)
When venturing off piste, it is compulsory to wear an avalanche transceiver. These can be provided by the Ski Club and should be worn by every person on every all mountain, off piste and touring holiday. Anyone joining these holidays will also be required to bring their own backpack, shovel and probe.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Any Member wishing to ski/snowboard with a Ski Club Group, in any of the resorts where the Ski Club is represented, agrees to do so under the following conditions:
- You appreciate that the Ski Club Rep is a volunteer with no formal qualifications as an instructor or mountain guide.
- You also appreciate that no other member of the group undertakes any obligations to you concerning your safety for which you remain solely responsible.
- You must ensure that your equipment is in good working order before setting off for the day and that you are suitably clothed for the proposed itinerary and all possible weather conditions.
- You must decide whether or not a particular run or route is within your competence.
- You must ensure that you are properly equipped for that day. If you are skiing off piste you must have a shovel, probe and transceiver, and know how to use them. If you are using a Ski Club transceiver, it is your sole responsibility to know how to use it.
- It is your sole responsibility to ensure that you are suitably insured for the activities intended to be undertaken.
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