The Domaine du Tourmalet ski area

Domaine du Tourmalet has 65 km of pistes, 30 lifts carrying 43,874 people an hour, 996 m of vertical, from 1,460 m to 2,456 m. 24 green runs, 25 blue, 11 red and 7 black.

Domaine du Tourmalet is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrénées), in the commune of Bagnères-de-Bigorre. The village sits at 2,116 m and the ski area rises to 2,456 m, a skiable vertical of 996 m.

Runs by level

67 runs over 65 km:

24 green 25 blue 11 red 7 black
Vertical drop
996 m — from 1,460 m to 2,456 m
Slope aspect
32 % east · 28 % north · 24 % 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)
Adulte 1 jour (forfait station) 43 € · Adulte 2 jours (forfait station) 106 € · Adulte 3 jours (forfait station) 159 € · Adulte 4 jours (forfait station) 212 € · Adulte 5 jours (forfait station) 265 € · Adulte 6 jours (forfait station) 318 € · Enfant 1 jour (forfait station) 48 € · Enfant 2 jours (forfait station) 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 9 September 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)
7 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 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

Register of 1 January 2025

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

Type (as registered, in French)CountCapacity (people/h)
Télésièges1428,702
Téléskis118,272
Tapis roulants56,900

Lift by lift

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

LiftTypeCapacityLengthVerticalYearManufacturer
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.

Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME TOURMALET PIC DU MIDI and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September