What's on in Baqueira-Beret (Baqueira), Spain through the year

Peak crowds — Christmas and New Year week, Christmas holidays in Spain

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Port de la Bonaigua closures (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)), Ski season (28 Nov – 10 Apr (usually)), Christmas and New Year week (22 Dec – 7 Jan)

Busy — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Port de la Bonaigua closures (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)), Ski season (28 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — Semana Santa closing week, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spain

• Holiday

  Semana Santa closing week

  29 Mar – 5 AprEaster & Holy WeekCrowdedBook early

  Holy Week is the last busy week of the season and whether it is a good one depends entirely on where Easter falls that year. A late Easter often means skiing only the top of Beret. Source ↗

Still on: Port de la Bonaigua closures (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)), Ski season (28 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Peak crowds — Semana Santa closing week, Semana Santa (Easter) holidays in Spain

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Semana Santa closing week (29 Mar – 5 Apr), Port de la Bonaigua closures (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)), Ski season (28 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Busy — Summer holidays in Spain, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

• Season

  Val d'Aran walking season

  20 Jun – 30 Sep · usuallyTrail season

  The Aiguestortes refuges and the Colomers lakes are reachable once the snow leaves the passes, and the resort villages stay quiet enough that you can walk into a room.

• Festival

  Haro de Les solstice fire

  23 JunMajor festival

  Down the valley at Les, a burning fir trunk is dropped in the square on midsummer night, one of the Pyrenean fire festivals UNESCO lists. It is the only night of the year the Val d'Aran fills in summer. Source ↗

Busy — Summer holidays in Spain, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Val d'Aran walking season (20 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Spain, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Val d'Aran walking season (20 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer holidays in Spain, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Val d'Aran walking season (20 Jun – 30 Sep (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Season

  Between seasons

  1 Oct – 25 NovOff-season shutdownClosures

  Hotels and most restaurants in the resort villages close entirely for autumn. Vielha stays open; Baqueira itself does not.

Shoulder season — school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

• Closure

  Port de la Bonaigua closures

  15 Nov – 30 Apr · usuallyRisk

  The pass road east over the C-28 shuts in snow and stays shut through the worst of it; the Vielha tunnel is the year-round way in. Check the Catalan traffic service before driving over. Source ↗

• Season

  Ski season

  28 Nov – 10 Apr · usually

  The resort aims to open in the last days of November and close in the first week of April, conditions permitting. Beret holds snow later than the Baqueira side. Source ↗

Still on: Between seasons (1 Oct – 25 Nov)

Peak crowds — Christmas and New Year week, Christmas holidays in Spain

• Holiday

  Christmas and New Year week

  22 Dec – 7 JanChristmas & New YearCrowdedBook early

  The dearest fortnight of the Spanish winter and the one the Madrid crowd books a year out. Early December has the same snow and none of the queue. Source ↗

Still on: Port de la Bonaigua closures (15 Nov – 30 Apr (usually)), Ski season (28 Nov – 10 Apr (usually))