The Ascou-Pailhères ski area

Ascou-Pailhères has 12 km of pistes, 7 lifts carrying 5,562 people an hour, 552 m of vertical, from 1,492 m to 2,044 m. 4 green runs, 4 blue, 6 red and 2 black.

Ascou-Pailhères is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Ariège), in the commune of Ascou. The village sits at 1,504 m and the ski area rises to 2,044 m, a skiable vertical of 552 m.

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Runs by level

16 runs over 12 km:

4 green 4 blue 6 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 552 m — from 1,492 m to 2,044 m
Slope aspect: 53 % west · 44 % north · 3 % east — computed from the fall line of 18 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Fontargente (blue), 365 m of vertical

365 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,063 → 1,698 m, 3 km

2,058 mHighest lift top — Mounegou (platter lift), national lift register

5,562Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 1 chairlift, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

46 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2013

1,260Biggest lift, people per hour — Ecole (magic carpet, 2013)

6 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped

163 haSki area boundary (OSM)

113Inhabitants — Ascou (INSEE 09023)

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 Ascou-Pailhères only (“ASCOU”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

7 lifts , carrying 5,562 people an hour in total , 46 years old on average (from 1966 to 2013).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	840
Téléskis	5	3,462
Tapis roulants	1	1,260

Lift by lift

The 7 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
ECOLE	Tapis roulant	1,260	50 m	6 m	2013	SUNKID
BESSADEIL	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	430 m	49 m	1968	G.M.M.
ORRI	Télésiège	840	828 m	301 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
MOUNEGOU	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1025 m	358 m	1976	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CLAIRIERE	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	183 m	22 m	1976	MONTAZ MAUTINO
ANDORRA	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	725 m	202 m	1969	PINGON
REGALECIA	Téléski à perche débrayable	562	435 m	169 m	1966	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “ASCOU” · 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.