About us

More than 50 years with you

The adventure of the Valle de Arán Ski School began in the 1964/65 season, the year in which a few enthusiastic Aranese people created the association known today as Era Escòla, located in the Catalan Pyrenees in the province of Lleida.

Since its founding, the school has been innovating and improving the way of giving classes so that people learn and have fun at the same time, offering maximum comfort thanks to its own building at 1800 level in Baqueira where They can hire classes, wait for the children to enjoy a class or take refuge from bad weather, which is undoubtedly a plus that the school in the Baqueira Beret ski resort has. In turn, the ski school has undergone a continuous flow of changes and developments, the product of bringing together both seniority and youth, thus combining experience and enthusiasm, authentic pillars of the current association made up of more than two hundred self-employed professionals who are proud that this, their school, is also yours. YOUR SCHOOL!

ski school

At Era Escòla, more than 200 qualified teachers are in charge of both introducing and perfecting their clients in the most diverse ski techniques. This ski school in Baqueira Beret encompasses a whole series of activities such as alpine skiing, telemark, snowboarding, Nordic or cross-country skiing and even skiing adapted for people with physical disabilities.

snowboard school

The youngest of all, but growing up with very enthusiastic expectations. It is made up of a total of 25 qualified teachers who cover all modalities of this young sport such as free-ride, free-style, half-pipe, etc… Without a doubt, a school that will mark an era in the Baqueira Beret resort. .

background school

Made up of qualified teachers who master both classical technique and skating. Nordic skiing or cross-country skiing classes are given in the Beret area, where the cross-country circuit is located. It is also possible to make beautiful excursions to the town of Montgarri, crossing areas of incomparable beauty, thus demonstrating that the Baqueira Beret ski resort it is more than just skiing.

History

As a result of the concern of the first director of the Baqueira Beret ski resort, the ski school was born in the 1964/1965 season with an initial team made up of five Aranese ski instructors, some of whom had been Olympians and who during this first season they worked under the direction of Mr. Luis Arias who was also the director of the station.
Already in the second season, the management of the station and the school were separated, becoming the new director Mr. Pablo Bravo, who extended his mandate until the 1992-93 season.
Over the years, times changed and in 1990 a new discipline appeared: snowboarding, which began to be taught at the school and which in 1994 led to the creation of the snowboarding school itself in Baqueira Beret, with a logo and uniformity different from that of alpine skiing. This new sport is also accompanied by the incorporation as a specialty of the telemark ski modality.

During the 1993-94 season, Mr. Joan Abadía began his mandate, who directed all these types of changes and increased the number of specialties as well as the number of professors until the 1999-2000 season. Also in the 1999-2000 season, the new school building at Baqueira 1800 was inaugurated. In the 2000-2001 season, Oriol Vidal would no longer appear as school director, but as President of the Association, since the school management underwent major changes in its organizational structure. Despite this, he continued to respect and defend the ideals that gave rise to the school.

In 2003-2004, the SKI CAMP for children and young people (learning course throughout the season) began, which is becoming more successful each year, which has led to the SKI CAMP also being available for adults.

In the 2005-06 season, a new center was opened after an agreement with the authorities and residents of Les Valls d’Aneu, in the Bonaigua pass, given that the interests of the residents of both one valley and the other coincide .

After Oriol Vidal became president of Era Escòla, the position passed into the hands of Eduardo Puente, who began his mandate in the 2008-2009 season, applying new ideas and criteria until 2012. Patrick Rufaste later became president, contributing new values such as the new premises located in Val de Ruda. His term ended in 2016. Currently the president is Jordi Arribas.