The Ax 3 Domaines ski area

Ax 3 Domaines has 48 km of pistes, 24 lifts carrying 28,957 people an hour, 1,625 m of vertical, from 720 m to 2,345 m. 23 green runs, 19 blue, 7 red and 1 black.

Ax 3 Domaines is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Ariège), in the commune of Ax-les-Thermes. The village sits at 1,387 m and the ski area rises to 2,345 m, a skiable vertical of 1,625 m.

← Ax 3 Domaines resort page Version française

Runs by level

50 runs over 48 km:

23 green 19 blue 7 red 1 black

Vertical drop: 1,625 m — from 720 m to 2,345 m
Slope aspect: 53 % north · 35 % east · 6 % west · 5 % south — computed from the fall line of 40 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Ax 3 Domaines
Pistes: 80 km · 38 pistes
By grade: 10 green · 13 blue · 10 red · 5 black
Lifts: 21 in total · 2 gondolas · 7 chairlifts · 8 drag lifts · 1 conveyors
Altitude: 1,400 m → 2,400 m
Snowmaking: 40 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone, free lifts
Fun & sledging: 1 snowpark · fun zone
Passes (as declared): Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 46.5 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 40 € · Sénior 1 jour (forfait station) 40 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 86 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 74 € · Sénior 2 jours (forfait station) 74 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 237 € · Enfant 6 jours (forfait station) 204 € (official page)

Figures entered by the resort itself in the ANMSM feed. Our own survey (OpenStreetMap, STRMTG register) is shown above; when the two differ, the resort usually counts its whole linked area.

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

4 kmLongest piste — Trois Jasses (green), 328 m of vertical

738 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,295 → 1,558 m, 4 km

2,400 mHighest lift top — Ours (chairlift), national lift register

28,957Total lift capacity, people per hour — 24 installations: 2 gondolas, 7 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets

31 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1955, newest 2019

2,430Biggest lift, people per hour — Tute De L'ours (detachable chairlift, 2000)

26 kmTotal length of lifts — 25 lifts mapped

1,225 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,285Inhabitants — Ax-les-Thermes (INSEE 09032)

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 Ax 3 Domaines only (“AX LES THERMES”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

24 lifts , carrying 28,957 people an hour in total , 31 years old on average (from 1955 to 2019).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	3,530
Télésièges	7	12,222
Téléskis	12	10,105
Tapis roulants	3	3,100

Lift by lift

The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TUTE DE L'OURS	Télésiège débrayable	2,430	1331 m	437 m	2000	LEITNER
LIEVRE BLANC	Télésiège débrayable	2,160	2635 m	614 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
BONASCRE (Saquet)	Télécabine	2,030	2720 m	622 m	1965	POMAGALSKI
BISORNE	Télésiège	2,007	1193 m	480 m	2019	LST
SAVIS 2	Télésiège	1,800	1175 m	393 m	2017	POMAGALSKI
FIL NEIGE POUSSIN (Desman)	Télécorde	1,600	106 m	10 m	1998	MONTAGNER
ARIANE	Télécorde	1,500	59 m	1 m	2018	G.M.M.
MANSEDRE	Télésiège	1,500	1012 m	383 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
AX-BONASCRE	Télécabine	1,500	2867 m	668 m	2002	POMAGALSKI
SAQUET	Télécorde	1,450	135 m	11 m	1999	MONTAGNER
OURSON	Tapis roulant	1,200	18 m	1 m	2011	SUNKID
OURS	Télésiège	1,200	1720 m	380 m	1982	POMAGALSKI
REBENTY	Télésiège	1,125	1852 m	535 m	1984	POMAGALSKI
PIOU PIOU	Tapis roulant	1,100	15 m	1 m	2009	SUNKID
CAMPELS (Orry)	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	859 m	200 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
LE GYPAETE	Téléski à enrouleur	800	133 m	12 m	2016	AXET (IDM)
LA BULLE	Tapis roulant	800	48 m	3 m	2016	FICAP
CHALETS	Téléski à perche débrayable	750	306 m	65 m	1984	POMAGALSKI
COL	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	337 m	70 m	1955	POMAGALSKI
FIL NEIGE ECOLE DE SKI (Jardin 1)	Téléski à corde	600	80 m	6 m	1998	SCHIPPERS

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

Resort data: declared by Office de tourisme des Pyrénées Ariégeoises and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September