The Domaine du Tourmalet ski area

Domaine du Tourmalet has 30 lifts carrying 43,874 people an hour, 700 m of vertical, from 1,800 m to 2,500 m.

Domaine du Tourmalet is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrénées), in the commune of Bagnères-de-Bigorre. The village sits at 1,800 m and the ski area rises to 2,500 m, a skiable vertical of 700 m.

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Vertical drop: 700 m — from 1,800 m to 2,500 m
Slope aspect: 32 % east · 27 % north · 25 % west · 16 % south — computed from the fall line of 58 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Grand Tourmalet, La Mongie - Barèges
Linked area: GRAND TOURMALET Barèges - La Mongie - Pic du Midi · 100 km
Lifts: 14 chairlifts · 9 drag lifts · 4 conveyors
Altitude: 1,800 m → 2,500 m
Beginners: Beginner zone
Fun & sledging: fun zone
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €43 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €106 · Adult, 3 days (resort pass) €159 · Adult, 4 days (resort pass) €212 · Adult, 5 days (resort pass) €265 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €318 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €48 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €96 (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 7 October 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Bastan (blue), 271 m of vertical

465 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,358 → 1,893 m, 1 km

2,466 mHighest lift top — Quatre Termes (chairlift), national lift register

43,874Total lift capacity, people per hour — 30 installations: 14 chairlifts, 11 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets

27 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1958, newest 2024

3,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Tourmalet (detachable chairlift, 2000)

8 kmTotal length of lifts — 8 lifts mapped

1,593 haSki area boundary (OSM)

7,114Inhabitants — Bagnères-de-Bigorre (INSEE 65059)

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 Domaine du Tourmalet only (“TOURMALET”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

30 lifts , carrying 43,874 people an hour in total , 27 years old on average (from 1958 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	14	28,702
Téléskis	11	8,272
Tapis roulants	5	6,900

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
TOURMALET	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1307 m	371 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
ESPADE	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1360 m	319 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
CAOUBERE	Télésiège débrayable	2,600	1446 m	497 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
SAPINS	Télésiège	2,400	840 m	318 m	2016	LST
BEARNAIS	Télésiège	2,202	1452 m	348 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
CASTILLON	Télésiège	2,200	698 m	231 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
PIQUETTE	Télésiège	2,000	1164 m	338 m	2016	LST
CHAPELLE	Télésiège	2,000	1228 m	50 m	1995	POMAGALSKI
POURTEILH	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	1414 m	449 m	2011	DOPPELMAYR
COUME LOUNQUE	Télésiège	1,800	989 m	275 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
SUD	Télésiège	1,800	1134 m	379 m	2002	POMAGALSKI
TOURNABOUP	Télésiège	1,800	1054 m	266 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
TOURMALET	Tapis roulant	1,680	35 m	2 m	2024	SUNKID
TURON 2	Tapis roulant	1,500	173 m	28 m	2022	FICAP
TREMPLIN	Tapis roulant	1,260	97 m	9 m	2022	FICAP
GRANGES	Tapis roulant	1,260	125 m	12 m	2014	LST
QUATRE TERMES	Télésiège	1,200	1086 m	258 m	2024	G.M.M.
LAQUETTE de la	Tapis roulant	1,200	158 m	18 m	2012	FICAP
TOUE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	610 m	191 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
ADOUR	Télésiège	900	210 m	28 m	1978	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “TOURMALET” · 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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Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME TOURMALET PIC DU MIDI and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October