The Formiguères ski area

Formiguères has 31 km of pistes, 6 lifts carrying 6,175 people an hour, 568 m of vertical, from 1,737 m to 2,305 m. 13 green runs, 15 blue, 15 red and 2 black.

Formiguères is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Pyrénées-Orientales). The village sits at 1,700 m and the ski area rises to 2,305 m, a skiable vertical of 568 m.

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Runs by level

45 runs over 31 km:

13 green 15 blue 15 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 568 m — from 1,737 m to 2,305 m
Slope aspect: 83 % east · 12 % north · 6 % south — computed from the fall line of 39 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

2 kmLongest piste — La Panoramique (green), 346 m of vertical

346 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,093 → 1,747 m, 2 km

2,320 mHighest lift top — Serre De Maury (chairlift), national lift register

6,175Total lift capacity, people per hour — 6 installations: 2 chairlifts, 3 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

23 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1973, newest 2023

2,025Biggest lift, people per hour — Calmazeille (chair-and-gondola lift, 2023)

6 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped

216 haSki area boundary (OSM)

494Inhabitants — Formiguères (INSEE 66082)

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 Formiguères only (“FORMIGUERES”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

6 lifts , carrying 6,175 people an hour in total , 23 years old on average (from 1973 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	2	3,625
Téléskis	3	2,550
Tapis roulants	1	—

Lift by lift

The 6 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
CALMAZEILLE	Télémix	2,025	1449 m	347 m	2023	MND
SERRE DE MAURY	Télésiège	1,600	1639 m	364 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
LA CHAPELLE	Téléski à enrouleur	900	425 m	67 m	2022	G.M.M.
PERCHES BLANCHES	Téléski à perche débrayable	850	1057 m	316 m	1973	POMAGALSKI
PERCHES BLANCHES 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1057 m	316 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
SIFFLOTTE	Tapis roulant	—	32 m	1 m	2023	SUNKID

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “FORMIGUERES” · 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.