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Estació de muntanya Vall de Núria. Photo: José Luis Filpo Cabana, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Estació de muntanya Vall de Núria

Ski resort · Spain

Is it worth the trip?

Every day scores the same

Estació de muntanya Vall de Núria is closed for the season on these dates.

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
7 kn

Tue 3 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
10 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
6 kn

Wed 4 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
10 cm
Depth
0.1 mmid 0.1 m, base 0.1 m
Coldest
-7°C
Wind
5 kn

Thu 5 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
10 cm
Depth
0.1 mmid 0.1 m, base 0.1 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
7 kn

Fri 6 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
0 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
4 kn

Sat 7 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
1 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-3°C
Wind
5 kn

Sun 8 · 0 out of 100

Fresh
1 cm
Depth
0 mmid 0 m, base 0 m
Coldest
-1°C
Wind
10 kn

Tap a day for snow, wind and the temperature. Full forecast

Forecast: next 8 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 10, poor
  2. Mon 20, poor
  3. Tue 30, poor
  4. Wed 40, poor
  5. Thu 50, poor
  6. Fri 60, poor
  7. Sat 70, poor
  8. Sun 80, poor

The resort in three facts

  • Top 2,259 mvillage 1,979 m
  • 7 km of runsevery grade
  • Open December–Aprilusually

Full forecast

every day, every number

Lifts closed for the season. They usually open about 25 November.

We don't know the avalanche risk here. Check ICGC.

Forecast and score for each day at Estació de muntanya Vall de Núria
DayScoreFresh72 hDepthtop, mid, baseColdestat topWindat top
Sun 1Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m1°Cwind, 11 knots
Mon 2Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-3°Cwind, 7 knots
Tue 3Nov0, poor10 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-3°Cwind, 6 knots
Wed 4Nov0, poor10 cm0.1 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m-7°Cwind, 5 knots
Thu 5Nov0, poor10 cm0.1 mmid 0.1 mbase 0.1 m-3°Cwind, 7 knots
Fri 6Nov0, poor0 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-3°Cwind, 4 knots
Sat 7Nov0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-3°Cwind, 5 knots
Sun 8Nov0, poor1 cm0 mmid 0 mbase 0 m-1°Cwind, 10 knots

Wind is in knots, the arrow where it blows to. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Best time to go

snow by month

Snow by month

Typical snow on the ground and coldest daytime temperature by month
MonthBase1,979 mMid2,119 mTop2,259 mColdestat the top
Decnonenonenone-4°C
Jannonenonenone-6°C
Feb0.1 m0.1 m0.1 m-4°C
Marnonenonenone-3°C

Typical snow on the ground in the village, halfway up and at the top: the middle value over 2016 to 2025, from ERA5-Land reanalysis at the grid cell nearest each height. Not a forecast, and not the groomed pistes: resorts make snow lower down.

Map

the resort, its town, photos

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

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One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors, terrain © Mapterhorn.

Photos of Estació de muntanya Vall de Núria

Parque del Valle de Nuria, Queralbs
Photo: Jl FilpoC, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
19.03.06 Núria FGC A8
Photo: Phil Richards from London, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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3 places

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Estació de muntanya Vall de Núria

Village 1,979 m.

A ski resort with its village at 1,979 m and its top at 2,259 m. It has 7 km of runs and 7 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap. The runs drop 295 m, from 2,259 m to 1,964 m. For beginners and families: 53% of the km of runs are green or blue. For experts: 1 km of black, expert and freeride runs. It is usually in season from December to April. The snow is usually deepest in February, about 0.1 m at the top (2,259 m). The town to stay in is Queralbs.

The ski area

Runs from 1,964 m to 2,259 m: 295 m of vertical. 7 km of runs and 7 lifts, as mapped on OpenStreetMap for Estació de muntanya Vall de Núria.

Runs
Beginner (green)0.8 km
Easy (blue)2.6 km
Intermediate (red)2.2 km
Advanced (black)0.8 km
Lifts
Gondolas and cable cars1
Chairlifts1
Drag lifts3
Magic carpets2

Measured along each mapped run, so it can differ from the resort's own figure. Ski area: Data from OpenSkiData / OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Skimap.org, Who's On First, © Mapterhorn.

For families

53% of the km of runs are green or blue.

No public pool, ice rink, leisure centre, ski school or childcare is mapped within 5 km of the village. That may mean nobody has mapped them yet.

The Family filter counts these. Check opening times before you go.

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,610–US$2,810 each

about US$1,610–US$2,810 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, transfer, stay, food, lift pass, ski hire.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to LEU, estimated from distance and season, changing at MAD, full-service airlines, with a hold bagabout US$482–US$998
Transfershared airport transfer, returnabout US$94–US$161
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$194–US$328
Food7 days eating outabout US$234–US$442
Lift pass5 days at about US$102 a day, average of the resorts we priceabout US$435–US$583
Ski hire5 days, or about US$114 to fly your ownabout US$174–US$295
Totalabout US$1,610–US$2,810

For 2 people sharing a room. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: 3 towns

Closest

Queralbs

10 min by car · 8 places to stay

about US$74/nightcountry average

See 8 places to stay in Queralbs · Booking.com

About Queralbs its beds, food and every spot near it

Room prices are our estimate of a 2-star double room's average in each country that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 18h 35m

About 18h 35m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → LEU, changing at Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD), then 1h 45m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.