The Artouste ski area

Artouste has 9 km of pistes, 10 lifts carrying 7,210 people an hour, 780 m of vertical, from 1,260 m to 2,040 m. 4 green runs, 10 blue, 3 red and 2 black.

Artouste is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the commune of Laruns. The village sits at 1,953 m and the ski area rises to 2,040 m, a skiable vertical of 780 m.

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Runs by level

19 runs over 9 km:

4 green 10 blue 3 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 780 m — from 1,260 m to 2,040 m
Slope aspect: 45 % north · 43 % east · 7 % west · 4 % south — computed from the fall line of 11 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

1 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.

The lifts

10 lifts , carrying 7,210 people an hour in total , 44 years old on average (from 1967 to 2006).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	780
Télésièges	2	1,200
Téléskis	6	4,130
Tapis roulants	1	1,100

Lift by lift

The 10 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
KID PARK	Tapis roulant	1,100	60 m	7 m	2006	SUNKID
SAGETTE	Télécabine	780	2050 m	660 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
HERRANA	Téléski à perche débrayable	750	396 m	124 m	1985	POMAGALSKI
FABREGE	Téléski à enrouleur	740	681 m	214 m	1967	BUHLER
ECOLE 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	204 m	43 m	1997	MONTAZ MAUTINO
ECOLE 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	210 m	43 m	1997	MONTAZ MAUTINO
SORBIERS	Télésiège	600	437 m	171 m	1978	MONTAZ MAUTINO
SEOUS	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	608 m	222 m	1969	MONTAZ MAUTINO
COL DE L'OURS	Télésiège	600	1576 m	620 m	1967	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PERDRIX	Téléski à enrouleur	600	359 m	84 m	1967	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ARTOUSTE” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.