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The Cauterets ski area

Cauterets has 29 km of pistes, 17 lifts carrying 25,733 people an hour, 686 m of vertical, from 1,730 m to 2,416 m. 13 green runs, 13 blue, 31 red and 4 black.

Cauterets is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrénées). The ski area rises to 2,416 m, a skiable vertical of 686 m.

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Runs by level

61 runs over 29 km:

13 green 13 blue 31 red 4 black
Vertical drop
686 m — from 1,730 m to 2,416 m
Slope aspect
72 % east · 24 % north · 4 % south · 1 % west — computed from the fall line of 54 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026
3 kmLongest piste — Crêtes (blue), 522 m of vertical
522 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,422 → 1,900 m, 3 km
2,416 mHighest lift top — Breche (chairlift), national lift register
25,733Total lift capacity, people per hour — 17 installations: 2 gondolas, 5 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets
25 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1964, newest 2023
2,600Biggest lift, people per hour — Cretes (detachable chairlift, 2004)
11 kmTotal length of lifts — 12 lifts mapped
203 haSki area boundary (OSM)
829Inhabitants — Cauterets (INSEE 65138)

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 Cauterets only (“CAUTERETS”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

Register of 1 January 2025

17 lifts , carrying 25,733 people an hour in total , 25 years old on average (from 1964 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télécabines23,330
Télésièges510,208
Téléskis76,095
Tapis roulants36,100

Lift by lift

The 17 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
CRETES Télésiège débrayable 2,600 1869 m 578 m 2004 POMAGALSKI
GRAND BARBAT Télésiège 2,208 1337 m 445 m 1997 MONTAZ MAUTINO
LYS Télécabine 2,200 3745 m 923 m 2005 DOPPELMAYR
JONCTION Tapis roulant 2,100 146 m 22 m 2011 FICAP
BIG FOOT Tapis roulant 2,000 141 m 17 m 2016 FICAP
GRAND YETI Tapis roulant 2,000 296 m 49 m 2014 FICAP
GAUBE Télésiège 1,800 675 m 240 m 1991 VON ROLL
BRECHE Télésiège 1,800 1332 m 436 m 1989 POMAGALSKI
TOUYAROLLES Télésiège 1,800 824 m 370 m 1989 POMAGALSKI
T'KIDS Télécorde 1,530 59 m 5 m 2017 SUNKID
PONT D'ESPAGNE (Puntas) Télécabine 1,130 414 m 62 m 1995 DOPPELMAYR
PIOU PIOU EXPRESS Télécorde 900 63 m 5 m 2023 POMAGALSKI
SOURCE Téléski à perche débrayable 900 481 m 118 m 1984 POMAGALSKI
BEAUMES Téléski à perche débrayable 825 590 m 198 m 1964 POMAGALSKI
PETA HUM Téléski à corde 720 40 m 4 m 2017 SUNKID
CLOT COURT Téléski à enrouleur 638 122 m 22 m 1995 DOPPELMAYR
CLOT LONG Téléski à enrouleur 582 204 m 38 m 1995 DOPPELMAYR

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

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Where to stay in Cauterets

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Ski hire in Cauterets

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