Formiguères
Formiguères is a ski resort in the French Pyrenees, located in the département of Pyrénées-Orientales in the Occitanie region.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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
Top of the ski area: 2,305 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,737 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 12%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 31 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 31 km · Lifts: 14 · Balance between piste levels: 89%
- 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?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 62% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 27 · Nearest railway station: 24 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 42
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 106 — 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 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 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.
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,700 m · top 2,305 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.
Measured snow history: not available for this resort. No Météo-France station close enough (the 6 nearby stations are outside the resort’s altitude range). We would rather show nothing than borrow a distant valley’s reading.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →45 pistes, by level — 31 km
- Skiable vertical
- 568 m (1,737 m → 2,305 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 2 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets
- Snowpark
- Yes
- Without skis
- 23 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 12% · E 83% · S 6% · W 0% (descent direction of 39 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Lift opening hours
- Lifts open from 09:00 to 17:00 (20 desembre 2025 a 22 març 2026) (official website, read on 9 September 2026)
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Formiguères only (“FORMIGUERES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Formiguères
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (3) →Formiguères broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 September 2026.
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 Formiguères
From Paris: 9 hr 49 (849 km) by road.
By road
- From Perpignan: 1 hr 38 · 99 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 50 · 173 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 16 · 249 km
- From Pau: 4 hr 29 · 293 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 56 · 412 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 5 hr 05 · 447 km
- From Bordeaux: 5 hr 13 · 415 km
- From Grenoble: 6 hr 03 · 539 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 06 · 527 km
- From Lyon: 6 hr 13 · 547 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 6 hr 28 · 566 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 34 · 570 km
- From Chambéry: 6 hr 48 · 597 km
- From Annecy: 7 hr 13 · 656 km
- From Genève: 7 hr 43 · 694 km
- From Dijon: 8 hr 14 · 739 km
- From Besançon: 8 hr 46 · 799 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 49 · 849 km
- From Nancy: 10 hr 21 · 950 km
- From Strasbourg: 11 hr 09 · 1037 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse station
halt · then 24 min drive (20 km)
Nearest main station: Perpignan, 1 hr 36 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 42 by road · 103 km
- Carcassonne-Salvaza (CCF): 1 hr 55 by road · 112 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Formiguères as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
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 Formiguères — up to 2,230 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refuge de Camporells · Tour "+" des Camporells | 3.3 · E2 · PD- | 2,230 m | 2,250 → 2,810 m | E · SE · S · SW · W | 0.1 km |
| Pla de Bernat · Depuis Fontrabiouse | n/a · E1 · F | 936 m | 1,500 → 2,436 m | NE | 2.5 km |
| Pic de la Muntanyeta · Par la crête NW | 3.1 · E1 · PD | 1,030 m | 1,700 → 2,436 m | NW | 3.1 km |
| Serre de Maury · Versant NE, par les pistes | 1.2 · E1 · F | 700 m | 1,700 → 2,412 m | NW | 3.1 km |
| Pla de Bernat · par le Serrat de la Llissa Cremada | 1.2 · E1 | 800 m | 1,675 → 2,436 m | SE | 3.4 km |
| Petit Peric · Arête NE | 3.1 · E2 · AD- | 1,500 m | 1,740 → 2,690 m | E | 3.5 km |
| Petit Peric · Épaule S | n/a · E1 · PD | 1,284 m | 1,730 → 2,690 m | SE | 3.5 km |
| Pic de Ginèvre · Face SE - Depuis Puyvalador | 2.2 · E1 · F | 740 m | 1,640 → 2,382 m | SE | 3.7 km |
| Puig Peric · Couloir N | 4.1 · E2 · AD+ | 1,500 m | 1,740 → 2,810 m | N | 3.8 km |
| Puig de Morters (Pic de l'Home Mort) · per la baga de la Vall de Galba i serra de Mauri | 1.3 · E1 · F | 1,250 m | 1,740 → 2,668 m | E | 3.8 km |
| Mont Llaret · Depuis Formiguères jusqu'à la station des Angles | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,235 m | 1,655 → 2,428 m | n/a | 3.8 km |
| Puig de Camporells · Depuis la station de Formigueres | 3.1 · E1 · PD | 1,307 m | 1,740 → 2,671 m | NE | 4 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 Formiguères
Toboggan runs
- STATION DE MONTAGNE DE FORMIGUERES · Formiguères · 0.1 km away
- LUGE LOU BAC MOUNTAIN · Les Angles · 5.1 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- ESPACE ANGLEO BALNEO & SPA · Les Angles · 5.2 km away
Paragliding
- PARAPENTE VOLER INFO · Les Angles · 5.1 km away
Cinema
- CINEMA LE CASTELL · Les Angles · 5.7 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
106 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 hotel · 10 rooms
- 1 tourist residence or apartment hotel · 106 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 117 pitches
Commune: Formiguères · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Ski school
ESF Formigueres
18 instructors
🇬🇧 10 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
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.
What's on around Formiguères
All events →-
19 September 2026 – 26 December 2026
Marché des producteurs de pays® annuel
Place du village, Formiguères (66) · Formiguères
Un marché de montagne authentique et convivial
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les évènements Bienvenue à la Ferme Pyrénées-Orientales” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Puyvalador (4.4 km), Les Angles (5 km), La Quillane (8.1 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Formiguères?
Formiguères sits at 1,700 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,305 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Formiguères have?
Formiguères has 31 km of pistes served by 14 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Formiguères?
The longest piste is La Panoramique: 2 km (green run), for 346 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 Formiguères?
The highest lift, Serre De Maury (chairlift), tops out at 2,320 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Formiguères have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 6 installations at Formiguères (2 chairlifts, 3 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 6,175 people per hour, of which 2,025 for Calmazeille alone. The fleet spans 1973 to 2023, an average age of 23 years. This count covers the resort itself, magic carpets included, not the whole linked ski area — a resort brochure often announces a different number. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How do I get to Formiguères?
By road, Formiguères is 1 hr 38 from Perpignan (99 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse, 24 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 42 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Formiguères?
9 hr 49 for 849 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
What time do the lifts open in Formiguères?
Lifts are announced open from 09:00 to 17:00 (20 desembre 2025 a 22 març 2026), according to the official website (read on 9 September 2026).
Is Formiguères good for beginners and families?
62% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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