The Gavarnie-Gèdre ski area

Gavarnie-Gèdre has 20 km of pistes, 8 lifts carrying 6,157 people an hour, 438 m of vertical, from 1,820 m to 2,258 m. 9 green runs, 8 blue, 7 red and 4 black.

Gavarnie-Gèdre is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrénées). The village sits at 1,812 m and the ski area rises to 2,258 m, a skiable vertical of 438 m.

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Runs by level

28 runs over 20 km:

9 green 8 blue 7 red 4 black

Vertical drop: 438 m — from 1,820 m to 2,258 m
Slope aspect: 40 % north · 34 % east · 26 % west — computed from the fall line of 26 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Les bronzés (blue), 240 m of vertical

286 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,255 → 1,969 m, 1 km

2,282 mHighest lift top — Pic Des Tentes (chairlift), national lift register

6,157Total lift capacity, people per hour — 8 installations: 2 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts

45 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1971, newest 1991

1,070Biggest lift, people per hour — Pic Des Tentes (chairlift, 1986)

7 kmTotal length of lifts — 12 lifts mapped

114 haSki area boundary (OSM)

340Inhabitants — Gavarnie-Gèdre (INSEE 65192)

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 Gavarnie-Gèdre only (“GAVARNIE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

8 lifts , carrying 6,157 people an hour in total , 45 years old on average (from 1971 to 1991).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	2	2,077
Téléskis	6	4,080

Lift by lift

The 8 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
PIC DES TENTES	Télésiège	1,070	1265 m	362 m	1986	POMAGALSKI
LABAS BLANC	Télésiège	1,007	804 m	224 m	1986	POMAGALSKI
ESPECIERES	Téléski à perche fixe	820	100 m	6 m	1972	POMAGALSKI
FIL-NEIGE DU JARDIN	Téléski à corde	720	30 m	2 m	1991	PELLAT-FINET
MOURGAT 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	581 m	259 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
SAINT-ANDRE	Téléski à perche débrayable	620	1060 m	155 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
SOUTOULET	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	355 m	55 m	1972	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PAHULE 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	181 m	22 m	1971	POMAGALSKI

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