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:
- 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 2026Measured 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 202530 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
Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME TOURMALET PIC DU MIDI and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September