Err-Puigmal
Err-Puigmal or Puigmal is a winter sports resort in the Pyrenees massif located at the western end of the Pyrénées-Orientales department, in the Occitania region of France. The resort is about 2 km (1.2 mi) from the Spanish border. It takes its name from the summit that dominates it, the Puigmal which, at 2,910 m (9,550 ft) above sea level, is the second highest peak of the Cerdanya after Pic Carlit at 2,921 m (9,583 ft). The resort, located at an altitude of 1,835 m (6,020 ft), is one of the highest in the French Pyrenees. It is managed by the municipality of Err.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 French resorts we cover — 5 stars means “among the best in France on this point”, not “perfect”. Nobody types these in.
- SnowCan you count on the snow?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,661 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,849 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 110 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 7%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 29 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 29 km · Lifts: 10 · Balance between piste levels: 98%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?1 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 44% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 36 · Nearest railway station: 21 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 52
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 0 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 — index: what the map and the listings publish
“Atmosphere” and “Luxury” are indexes: they count what OpenStreetMap and the event listings publish within 2.5 km (bars, nightclubs, rated hotels, spas, upcoming events), not what you experience there. A zero means “nothing mapped”, not “nothing there”. Sources per criterion: snow (altitudes (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; value (the resort’s official price list) ; families and beginners (OpenStreetMap pistes, price list, ESF ski school, Famille Plus label, OpenStreetMap leisure) ; access (OSRM drive times from 20 cities, SNCF stations, GTFS shuttles, airports) ; atmosphere and après-ski (bars, nightclubs and restaurants within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap), upcoming events (OpenAgenda), collective tourist beds (INSEE)) ; luxury and comfort (rated hotels within 2.5 km (OpenStreetMap) and by category across the commune (INSEE), spas and boutiques (OpenStreetMap), day pass price).
Open pistes and lifts will appear here during the season, as published by the resort. Out of season we show nothing rather than a misleading zero.
Right now at the PUIGMAL-NIVOSE station (2,461 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,979 m · top 2,661 m
Forecast corrected for altitude; fresh snow = forecast total at the top; UV = peak of the day. Beyond 3 days, check the resort’s own report. Source:Open-Meteo.
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
15 complete winters measured, from 2009-2010 to 2025-2026 — on average 110 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec34 cmVariable · 50 %
- 16-31 Dec48 cmVariable · 67 %
- 1-15 Jan59 cmGood skiing · 80 %
- 16-31 Jan84 cmGood skiing · 85 %
- 1-15 Feb110 cmGood skiing · 83 %
- 16-29 Feb121 cmGood skiing · 89 %
- 1-15 Mar138 cmGood skiing · 98 %
- 16-31 Mar155 cmGood skiing · 93 %
- 1-15 Apr150 cmGood skiing · 90 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2015-2016 — 137 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2022-2023 — 30 days at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →18 pistes, by level — 29 km
- Skiable vertical
- 812 m (1,849 m → 2,661 m)
- Lifts
- 2 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts
- Piste aspect
- N 75% · E 17% · S 0% · W 9% (descent direction of 31 OSM pistes, terrain model)
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Err-Puigmal
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
Err-Puigmal publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Pistes coloured by level, lifts as lines. The resort’s official map is the reference in season.
Base map © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · pistes © OpenSnowMap (CC-BY-SA) · data ©OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Getting to Err-Puigmal
From Paris: 9 hr 54 (863 km) by road.
By road
- From Perpignan: 1 hr 48 · 103 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 55 · 187 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 26 · 253 km
- From Pau: 4 hr 32 · 298 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 07 · 416 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 5 hr 16 · 451 km
- From Bordeaux: 5 hr 18 · 429 km
- From Grenoble: 6 hr 13 · 543 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 16 · 531 km
- From Lyon: 6 hr 23 · 550 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 6 hr 39 · 570 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 44 · 574 km
- From Chambéry: 6 hr 58 · 601 km
- From Annecy: 7 hr 23 · 660 km
- From Genève: 7 hr 53 · 698 km
- From Dijon: 8 hr 25 · 743 km
- From Besançon: 8 hr 57 · 803 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 54 · 863 km
- From Nancy: 10 hr 32 · 954 km
- From Strasbourg: 11 hr 20 · 1041 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Saillagouse station
halt · then 21 min drive (11 km)
Nearest main station: Perpignan, 1 hr 47 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 13 September 2026): ask the resort about a private shuttle or a taxi.
Shuttles and buses from the station: see the resort’s official website.
By plane
- Perpignan-Rivesaltes (PGF): 1 hr 52 by road · 106 km
- Carcassonne-Salvaza (CCF): 2 hr 37 by road · 144 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 September 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
Freely accessible charge points read from the French national EV charging database (data.gouv.fr ↗, operators’ own declarations), checked on 9 September 2026. Check availability before you leave: the database says what is installed, not what is free tonight.
Road conditions
From 1 November to 31 March, snow chains or winter tyres are compulsory in most mountain areas (French “Loi Montagne II”).
Driving times computed on the OpenStreetMap road network (OSRM), SNCF stations (open data), airports (Wikidata). Indicative, not a timetable: allow extra time in snow.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Err-Puigmal — up to 1,950 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pic de Duraneu / Pic de Credells · Par les pistes de Puigmal d'Err | n/a · F | 568 m | 1,971 → 2,539 m | N | 0.8 km |
| Pic de Dorria · Depuis le Cotzé station du Puigmal | 2.1 | 1,000 m | 1,830 → 2,661 m | N | 1.9 km |
| Petit Puigmal de Sègre · Depuis la station du Puigmal | n/a · E1 · F | 839 m | 1,971 → 2,810 m | W | 2.3 km |
| Puig de Dòrria · Vall de Faytou des de Valcebollera | 2.3 · E1 · F | 1,050 m | 1,500 → 2,542 m | N | 2.7 km |
| Puigmal d'Err · Depuis la station de Puigmal | n/a · E1 · F | 1,100 m | 1,830 → 2,910 m | NW | 2.8 km |
| Pla de las Salinas · traversée col de Toses Valcebollère | 2.1 · E1 · F | 800 m | 1,750 → 2,453 m | n/a | 3.5 km |
| Puigmal · Desde la Molina | n/a · E2 | 1,600 m | 1,420 → 2,910 m | SW | 4.7 km |
| Pic de Finestrelles · Pics de Finestrelles i Cambra d'Ase: des de Llo i tornada cap a Eina | n/a · E2 | 1,950 m | 1,400 → 2,829 m | N | 5.7 km |
| Pic d'Eyne · Pente W par la vallée d'Eyne | 2.3 · E1 | 1,200 m | 1,599 → 2,786 m | W | 6.2 km |
| Pic de Finestrelles · Start in Núria and end in Eina | n/a · E1 · PD- | 850 m | 1,580 → 2,829 m | n/a | 6.8 km |
| Cambre d'Aze · Couloir du Vermicelle | 4.3 · E2 · D+ | 772 m | 1,939 → 2,711 m | N | 7.7 km |
| Cambre d'Aze · Grand Couloir N ou Grande Cheminée | 4.1 · E1 · AD | 960 m | 1,790 → 2,750 m | N | 8 km |
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 September 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Beyond skiing at Err-Puigmal
Swimming pool
- ESPACE AQUALUDIQUE D'ERR · Err · 6.1 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- BAINS DE LLO · Llo · 6.4 km away
Cinema
- CINEMA LE PUIGMAL · Osséja · 8.1 km away
Source: DATAtourisme (open data), within 10 km of the resort; places in a large town of the valley are left out. Checked on 12 September 2026. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Practical information
Collective accommodation
- 4 campsites · 371 pitches
Commune: Err · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
In case of accident
112 — the European emergency number, free of charge, triggers mountain rescue. On the pistes, the ski patrol number is printed on the piste map and at lift ticket offices. Piste rescue is charged: check your insurance or take the option sold with the lift pass.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Err-Puigmal?
Err-Puigmal sits at 1,979 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,661 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Err-Puigmal have?
Err-Puigmal has 29 km of pistes served by 10 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Err-Puigmal?
The longest piste is Artigue: 2 km (green run), for 221 m of vertical. Measured on the OpenStreetMap map, segments of the same name and level joined end to end, altitudes from the IGN RGE ALTI terrain model — a resort sometimes advertises a longer run by chaining several pistes.
How high do the lifts go in Err-Puigmal?
The highest lift, Montserrat, tops out at 2,661 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 16 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 12 km.
How do I get to Err-Puigmal?
By road, Err-Puigmal is 1 hr 48 from Perpignan (103 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Saillagouse, 21 min by road from the resort. No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables. The nearest airport is Perpignan-Rivesaltes, 1 hr 52 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Err-Puigmal?
9 hr 54 for 863 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Err-Puigmal good for beginners and families?
44% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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