Estación Invernal y de Montaña Valgrande-Pajares
Estación Invernal y de Montaña Valgrande-Pajares is a ski area in Spain, at about 1,557 m. Its mapped area is about 2.4 km across, with 42 marked runs and 7 lifts (about 16 km of piste in all).
Over the last twelve winters the ERA5 weather model gives it 186 cm of snowfall a season, 1,270th (tied) of 3,069 worldwide and 16th in Spain. It swings a lot from year to year: the biggest winter, 2017/18 (444 cm), brought more than 3 times as much as the leanest, 2021/22 (126 cm). March still brings 46 cm on average, close to February, its snowiest month.
Snow depth and the seven-day outlook appear here once snow starts to fall. Until then, the long-run record comes first.
Elevation of the ski area’s centre point, taken from a digital elevation model. It is not the base-to-summit range.
We do not show a snow depth here. The weather model we use reports snow lying on the ground — it knows nothing about grooming or snowmaking, and it is not the base depth a ski area publishes. In Japan we can check our figures against 234 weather stations. Outside Japan there is nothing to check them against, so we do not print a number we have not verified.
How much snow it gets
Measured by us across 3,069 ski areas by one identical method. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Compared with what is nearby
Within 50 km straight line. Measured the same way, so the ranks compare directly. Ski areas a few kilometres apart share a weather grid cell and can return the same figure.
| Ski area | Distance | Seasonal snowfall | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sector Celleros (Abandonado) | 2.1 km | 186 cm | 1270 |
| Estación Invernal y de Montaña San Isidro (Sector Riopinos) | 32 km | 250 cm | 734 |
| Estación Invernal y de Montaña San Isidro (Sector Cebolledo y Requejines) | 32 km | 250 cm | 734 |
| Estación Invernal Fuentes de Invierno | 33 km | 250 cm | 734 |
| Estación Invernal y de Montaña San Isidro (Sector Saliencias) | 34 km | 250 cm | 734 |
When it falls, and how winters differ
Month by month
Month by month, the most snow falls in February. March brings 90% of January’s snowfall. That is a steeper fall than the median for ski areas in Spain (102%): the snow here is concentrated early in the season. In amount, March brings 46 cm, about the same as the median of 52 cm.
Winter by winter
Across the 12 winters measured, the average is 186 cm, and 9 of them fell short of it. The leanest was 2021/22 with 126 cm; the biggest was 2017/18 with 444 cm (3.5 times as much).
Snowfall each winter (December–March total). The dashed line is the average; the numbers mark the leanest and the biggest winter.
Runs and lifts
Counted from the runs and lifts drawn on OpenStreetMap, within the boundary of the ski area. These are not the resort’s own published figures.
Run map
The shape of the mountain
Which way the slopes face
95% of the vertical on the runs descends to the north or east. Those slopes get the least sun, so the snow lasts longer.
By difficulty
Lift types
- Platter2
- Chairlift2
- Magic carpet2
- Gondola1
See past trail maps on Skimap.org ↗
Source: OpenSkiMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0). How finely ski areas are drawn varies by region, so treat the counts as indicative. Vertical is the difference between the highest and lowest points of the mapped runs and lifts.
Map
Where it sits relative to nearby resorts. For a piste map, see the official site.
Nearby resorts
More places to look
Updated: 8 Oct 2026, 00:52