Artouste
Off season · opens 19 December 20261,953 mVillage altitude
2,040 mTop of the ski area
9 kmAlpine pistes
10Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Artouste, or Artouste-Fabrèges, is a winter sports resort in the French Pyrenees. It is located in the commune of Laruns in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. The resort operates the Petit train d'Artouste during the summer period. In the face of climate change, the resort is also developing ancillary activities to compensate for an expected lack of snow in winter.
Live webcams
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Official players of the resort, live image.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →The domain is due to open on 19 December 2026 and close on 7 March 2027. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
Good snow from February to March. Snow cover month by month →
3-day forecast
Village 1,953 m · top 2,040 m
Forecast corrected for altitude; fresh snow = forecast total at the top; UV = peak of the day. Beyond 3 days, check the resort’s own report. Source:Open-Meteo.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 315 French resorts we cover — 5 stars means “among the best in France on this point”, not “perfect”. Nobody types these in.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?2.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,040 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,260 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 68%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 9 km · Lifts: 10 · Balance between piste levels: 86%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 74% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 7 hr 55 · Nearest railway station: 45 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 24
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 97 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish
“Atmosphere” and “Luxury” are indexes: they count what OpenStreetMap and the event listings publish within 2.5 km (bars, nightclubs, rated hotels, spas, upcoming events), not what you experience there. A zero means “nothing mapped”, not “nothing there”. Sources per criterion: snow (altitudes declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), STRMTG register, OpenStreetMap; snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (figures declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), national lift register (STRMTG), OpenStreetMap) ; value (the resort’s official price list) ; families and beginners (OpenStreetMap pistes, price list, ESF ski school, Famille Plus label, OpenStreetMap leisure) ; access (OSRM drive times from 20 cities, SNCF stations, GTFS shuttles, airports) ; atmosphere and après-ski (bars, nightclubs and restaurants within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap), upcoming events (OpenAgenda), collective tourist beds (INSEE)) ; luxury and comfort (rated hotels within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap) and by category across the commune (INSEE), spas and boutiques (OpenStreetMap), day pass price).
19 pistes, by level
4 green10 blue3 red2 black
- Skiable vertical
- 780 m
- Snowpark
- Yes
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20261 kmLongest piste — Dômes séous (blue), 213 m of vertical
229 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,030 → 1,802 m, 1 km
2,040 mHighest lift top — Col De L'ours (chairlift), national lift register
7,210Total lift capacity, people per hour — 10 installations: 1 gondola, 2 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
44 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1967, newest 2006
1,100Biggest lift, people per hour — Kid Park (magic carpet, 2006)
10 kmTotal length of lifts — 12 lifts mapped
138 haSki area boundary (OSM)
1,177Inhabitants — Laruns (INSEE 64320)
Measured on OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area. Population: INSEE municipal population via geo.api.gouv.fr.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Artouste only (“ARTOUSTE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Artouste
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Collective accommodation
97 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 3 hotels · 35 rooms (2 × 2★)
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 97 bed spaces
- 4 campsites · 375 pitches
Commune: Laruns · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Artouste
Toboggan runs
- Kids park Artouste · Laruns · 0.1 km away
- Station de ski de Gourette · Eaux-Bonnes · 8.5 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Le cocon de Sagette · Laruns · 0.3 km away
- Détente Nordique · Eaux-Bonnes · 8.3 km away
- Spa Montagne · Laruns · 9.5 km away
Dog sledding
- Tracés Sauvages - Chiens de Traîneau · Eaux-Bonnes · 7.3 km away
Source: DATAtourisme (open data), within 10 km of the resort; places in a large town of the valley are left out. Checked on 12 September 2026. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
In case of accident
112 — the European emergency number, free of charge, triggers mountain rescue. On the pistes, the ski patrol number is printed on the piste map and at lift ticket offices. Piste rescue is charged: check your insurance or take the option sold with the lift pass.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 0 Marked off-piste itineraries
31 km Ski touring routes
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Artouste — up to 1,900 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petite Arcizette · Face S, depuis la route du Gourzy | 4.3 · E2 · D | 1,900 m | 1,153 → 2,293 m | S | 2.6 km |
| Crête du Lurien · depuis Camps | n/a · PD | 1,300 m | 1,280 → 2,593 m | E | 3.2 km |
| Pic de Chérue · Vallon De Saoubiste | n/a · E1 · PD | 950 m | 1,250 → 2,195 m | NW | 3.3 km |
| Cornes de Moundelhs en boucle depuis Gabas | 2.3 · E1 · PD- | 1,300 m | 1,067 → 2,227 m | N · NW · NE · E | 3.9 km |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 October 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
Pistes coloured by level, lifts as lines. The resort’s official map is the reference in season.
Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · pistes © OpenSnowMap (CC-BY-SA) · data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Getting to Artouste
From Paris: 9 hr 17 (848 km) by road.
By road
- From Pau: 1 hr 06 · 55 km
- From Toulouse: 3 hr 16 · 249 km
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 25 · 270 km
- From Perpignan: 5 hr 06 · 445 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 34 · 480 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 7 hr 09 · 618 km
- From Marseille: 7 hr 14 · 642 km
- From Valence: 7 hr 24 · 677 km
- From Grenoble: 8 hr 21 · 769 km
- From Lyon: 8 hr 31 · 777 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 8 hr 34 · 656 km
- From Nice: 8 hr 52 · 800 km
- From Chambéry: 9 hr 06 · 828 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 17 · 848 km
- From Annecy: 9 hr 31 · 886 km
- From Genève: 10 hr 01 · 924 km
- From Dijon: 10 hr 04 · 914 km
- From Besançon: 10 hr 40 · 972 km
- From Nancy: 12 hr 11 · 1125 km
- From Strasbourg: 13 hr 03 · 1210 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Buzy en Béarn station
halt · then 45 min drive (37 km)
Nearest main station: Pau, 1 hr 06 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 2026): ask the resort about a private shuttle or a taxi.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Pau-Pyrénées (PUF): 1 hr 24 by road · 68 km
- Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées (LDE): 1 hr 33 by road · 79 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Artouste as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 October 2026. Check availability before you leave: the database says what is installed, not what is free tonight.
Road conditions
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain areas (French “Loi Montagne II”).
Driving times computed on the OpenStreetMap road network (OSRM), SNCF stations (open data), airports (Wikidata). Indicative, not a timetable: allow extra time in snow.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Artouste?
Artouste sits at 1,953 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,040 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Artouste have?
Artouste has 9 km of slopes, 10 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Artouste?
The longest piste is Dômes séous: 1 km (blue run), for 213 m of vertical. Measured on the OpenStreetMap map, segments of the same name and level joined end to end, altitudes from the IGN RGE ALTI terrain model — a resort sometimes advertises a longer run by chaining several pistes.
How high do the lifts go in Artouste?
The highest lift, Col De L'ours (chairlift), tops out at 2,040 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Artouste have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 10 installations at Artouste (1 gondola, 2 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 7,210 people per hour, of which 1,100 for Kid Park alone. The fleet spans 1967 to 2006, an average age of 44 years. This count covers the resort itself, magic carpets included, not the whole linked ski area — a resort brochure often announces a different number. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How do I get to Artouste?
By road, Artouste is 1 hr 06 from Pau (55 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Buzy en Béarn, 45 min by road from the resort. No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables. The nearest airport is Pau-Pyrénées, 1 hr 24 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Artouste?
9 hr 17 for 848 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Artouste open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 19 December 2026 and closes on 7 March 2027 (2026-2027 season).
Is the snow reliable in Artouste?
Good snow from February to March. This verdict rests on 10 winters of reanalysis (estimate, 2015-2025); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Artouste good for beginners and families?
74% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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