When you go skiing with children in the Cerdanya, the first question is usually a very practical one: should I leave my child in Masella or in La Molina? Although the Alp2500 lift pass joins the two resorts under a single ski area, each one organises its own children's offering separately. In fact, both are part of a small group of resorts in the Catalan Pyrenees -along with Espot, Port Ainé, Vallter 2000, Vall de Núria and Boí Taüll- certified as family-friendly facilities by the Catalan Tourism Agency, which requires meeting specific conditions: marked-off slopes with slow-speed zones for children, a kids' club and its own ski school. Here's the full breakdown, resort by resort.
Masella's Jardí de Neu is a space designed for children aged 3 to 6. It has its own lift (a gently sloped conveyor belt) giving access to a smooth, short slope, with the entire perimeter fenced off for maximum safety.
For the youngest children who aren't yet old enough to ski, there's the Caseta dels Nens, for ages 18 months to 3 years. A heated space with its own toilets, supervised by early-childhood education professionals, also only available on weekends and public holidays.
In La Molina, the children's offering is organised into two separate spaces, run by the La Molina Ski School.
The Parque de Nieve is the actual ski-initiation area, a fenced-off enclosure at the foot of the Pista Larga, with its own conveyor belt, designed for children from age 4. It offers private lessons, small-group introductory courses, and even organised activities for school groups. It also has a covered picnic area so students can eat right at the slope without leaving the enclosure.
The Ludoteca covers the youngest children who don't ski yet. Children from 6 months old, in a covered space with carers, a play area and loungers for resting. It doesn't take advance bookings—it's arranged directly on the same day, subject to availability.
Beyond the lessons, La Molina has two specific runs for sledging with children, and two tubing runs in the Bosquet family area, one in toboggan-run format, and another at Coll de Pal, where you slide directly on the snow with no toboggan-run structure.
If you're looking for something other than skiing to round off the family day, the area offers a couple of activities that are unusual at other resorts:
Remember that Masella's Jardí de Neu and Caseta dels Nens only operate on weekends and public holidays. If you're going midweek, the option for structured children's lessons is at La Molina's Parque de Nieve. And in neither case is equipment rental included in the price of the lesson, so book it separately, ahead of time.
On Snowteach you compare schools in La Molina and Masella with children's programmes and book directly.
