Escalar at Astún
Intermediate · 178 m long with 75 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 28° at its steepest, facing NW.
28°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
178 mlength
75 mvertical
2093 mtop elevation
NWfaces
Snow and sun
Escalar is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Escalar
Lifts that reach the top: Telesilla Canal Roya (skiing easy terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 20 minutes, intermediate skiing needed):
- Ride Telesilla Truchas
- Ski Toboganes (easy)
- Ski esquí de montaña: Circular a los Picos Casterau y Paradís desde Astún, esquí de montaña: circular al col de Bénou, Picos Casterau, Paradís y Col d'Astún desde Astún, Toboganes (easy)
- Ski unnamed easy trail (easy)
- Ski unnamed connector
- Ride Telesilla Canal Roya
- Ski Enlace Anayet (easy)
- Ski Escalar (intermediate)
Where it ends
Joins Los Tubos, unnamed intermediate trail. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Telesilla Canal Roya (2 min), Sarrios II (3 min), Sarrios I (3 min).
See Escalar on the 3D mapAll runs at AstúnMeasured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.