The Andorra lift pass, explained so you don't overpay

The lift pass is one of the big costs of a ski week in Andorra, and the place where people most often pay more than they need to. Since all three downhill resorts came under one operator, the system is simpler than it looks, but it has two catches. Day prices change depending on when you buy, and the season pass jumps in price in early December.

Andorra Pass and Nord Pass, the two season tickets

The Andorra Pass covers Grandvalira, Pal Arinsal and Ordino Arcalís, 308 km in all, and the season version also includes the lifts and bike park in summer 2027. For a non-resident adult it costs €1,019 until 9 December 2026 and €1,433 from the 10th. The €885 early-booking offer, capped at 3,000 passes until 30 June, has sold out. By age, at the early price, juniors aged 12 to 17 pay €930, children aged 6 to 11 pay €732 and seniors aged 65 to 69 pay €495.

The Nord Pass is the version without Grandvalira, for Pal Arinsal and Ordino Arcalís only, at €788 until 9 December and €977 afterwards. Non-residents also get up to four days at Grandvalira. Unless you’re skiing several weeks a winter, though, neither season pass makes sense for a British holidaymaker. For opening dates and what changes month by month, head to Andorra ski season.

How much is a day pass?

I won’t give you a figure here, because there isn’t one. All three resorts sell day passes at dynamic prices that move through the season and with how far ahead you book, and buying on their websites saves up to 15% on the ticket office. What is published are a handful of fixed fares. At Grandvalira, the 65 to 69 senior pass has a guide price of €43.50 and the 70 to 74 pass costs €25, the night-skiing pass €28.50 and the Peretol night snowpark pass €26. At Pal Arinsal and Ordino Arcalís, the 65 to 69 senior pass drops to €29.50. Under-fives and over-75s ski free at all three with proof of age.

The age bands are adult 18 to 64, junior 12 to 17 and child 6 to 11, and the age that counts is on the first day of use. There’s also a beginner pass that opens only the nursery lifts, an afternoon pass from 1pm and a foot passenger pass for anyone going up without skis.

Which pass fits your holiday?

Any Grandvalira pass of two or more consecutive days also works at Pal Arinsal and Ordino Arcalís. The Nord Pass works the other way round, valid at both northern resorts from two days and with a day at Grandvalira from four. For me this is the most useful part of the whole system, because it lets you switch valley when the wind picks up.

If you ski odd days through the winter, have a look at the Forfait Plus+. It’s pay as you go with no queue at the ticket office. Your first day at each resort costs the ticket-office price and every later day at that same resort is 15% less, you’ll never pay more in a season than a non-resident Andorra Pass, and signing up costs €5.

If you’d rather book the lift pass and hotel together, I cover the options in Andorra ski holidays. Package prices vary too much to quote, so I’d always check the official pass price first.

Discounts hardly anyone uses

A valid day or multi-day pass gets you 3% off at Moeve, dyneff and Meroil petrol stations in Andorra, which I explain in petrol prices in Andorra. With an Andorra Pass, parking at Canillo, El Tarter and Soldeu is half price if you’ve skied that day, and Wi-Fi at the resort is free. In Encamp, four council car parks are free and a bus runs to the Funicamp.

Groups of 25 or more on the same pass type get 4% off, but not from 25 December 2026 to 6 January 2027 or for most of February, which rules out the usual half-term week. Skiers with a disability of 33% or more get 20% off at Pal Arinsal and Ordino Arcalís.

Collecting your pass, and insurance

Buy on grandvalira.com with a hotel that has a reception desk, at least 24 working hours ahead, and your passes are waiting at the hotel, except on Sundays. Otherwise there are self-service machines at the Funicamp, at the Canillo and Soldeu gondolas, in El Tarter, at the Grau Roig, Peretol and Pas de la Casa ticket offices and at the Illa Carlemany shopping centre, plus a priority desk for web bookings.

Ski insurance has to be added when you buy or at the ticket office before your first day, never afterwards. Season cover costs €66, and with the Plus+ it’s €6.60 a day up to that same cap. Because the FCDO says the GHIC and EHIC aren’t valid in Andorra, I’d consider it part of the pass, on top of your own travel policy. More ways to keep the trip affordable are in Andorra on a budget.