Gourette
1,350 mVillage altitude
2,453 mTop of the ski area
30 kmAlpine pistes
9Ski lifts
€44Adult day pass · 2025-2026
Gourette is a winter sports resort in the French Pyrenees. It is located in the commune of Eaux-Bonnes in the department of Pyrénées-Atlantiques and the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine on the D 918 road which passes through the Col d'Aubisque mountain pass. The closest air access is Pau Pyrénées Airport. The resort is at an altitude of 1,400 m (4,600 ft) with a ski area of 140 ha and 42 km (26 mi) of marked slopes. The ski area extends between 1,350 and 2,450 m above sea level. Gourette is part of the N'PY group of ski resorts.
Live webcams
All webcams (4) →Espace découverte Bézou (1603 m)Vision-Environnement
Secteur Cotch – Pène Sarriere (1976 m)Vision-Environnement
Secteur Pène Blanque (2100 m)Vision-Environnement
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →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
3-day forecast
Village 1,350 m · top 2,453 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.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 315 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: 2,453 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,351 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 12%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 30 km · Lifts: 9 · Balance between piste levels: 89%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €44 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €1.47/km · Adult 6-day pass: €238
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 58% · Magic carpets: 2 · Sledging runs: 1 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 3 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 7 hr 40 · Nearest railway station: 40 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 11
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 4 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 19 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 1,092 — 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 · Adult day pass: €44 — 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 declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), STRMTG register, OpenStreetMap; snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (figures declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), national lift register (STRMTG), OpenStreetMap) ; 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).
Lift passes 2025-2026
All prices (child, family, season) →€238 6 days€39 Child, 1 day€23 Beginner, 1 day€12 Pedestrian, 1 day
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 2025-2026 season, the latest price list published. Official price list ↗
64 pistes, by level
18 green19 blue24 red3 black
- Skiable vertical
- 1,102 m
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20262 kmLongest piste — Les Rhododendrons (blue), 450 m of vertical
450 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,802 → 1,353 m, 2 km
2,453 mHighest lift top — Anglas (chairlift), national lift register
14,840Total lift capacity, people per hour — 9 installations: 2 gondolas, 4 chairlifts, 1 drag lift, 2 magic carpets
19 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2022
2,700Biggest lift, people per hour — Bezou (gondola, 2004)
8 kmTotal length of lifts — 9 lifts mapped
271 haSki area boundary (OSM)
215Inhabitants — Eaux-Bonnes (INSEE 64204)
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 Gourette only (“GOURETTE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Gourette
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Collective accommodation
1,092 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 4 hotels · 72 rooms (3 × 2★, 1 × 1★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 602 bed spaces
- 2 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 490 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 35 pitches
Commune: Eaux-Bonnes · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Ski Planet
Self-catering flats and all-inclusive ski holidays at the foot of the slopes, since 1999.
Montagne Vacances
Flats and chalets in the resort, at direct prices.
Ski hire
Skiset UK
Skiset’s UK site: ski hire in the resort shops, booked in English, paid in pounds.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Gourette
Without skis on — 1 sledging run
Toboggan runs
- Station de ski de Gourette · Eaux-Bonnes · 0.1 km away
- Kids park Artouste · Laruns · 8.4 km away
Swimming pool
- Piscine Ayguebère · Laruns · 8.1 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- Détente Nordique · Eaux-Bonnes · 5.1 km away
- Spa Montagne · Laruns · 7.5 km away
- Thermes des Eaux Chaudes · Laruns · 8.4 km away
- Le cocon de Sagette · Laruns · 8.5 km away
Dog sledding
- Tracés Sauvages - Chiens de Traîneau · Eaux-Bonnes · 1.2 km away
Museum
- Maison du Parc National des Pyrénées · Laruns · 8.3 km away
Cinema
- Cinéma Louis Jouvet · Laruns · 8.3 km away
- Cinéma de Gourette · OpenStreetMap
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. Lines marked OpenStreetMap come from the map, within 3 km — opening times on site. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Ski school
ESF Gourette
77 instructors
🇬🇧 22 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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing → 0 Marked off-piste itineraries
21 km Ski touring routes
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Gourette — up to 2,270 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pène Medaa · Combe E | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 1,040 m | 1,340 → 2,380 m | NE | 1.2 km |
| Pic de Ger · Traversée Gourette > Eaux-Bonnes | n/a · E1 · PD | 1,500 m | 1,346 → 2,613 m | N | 1.4 km |
| Pic Esquerra · Depuis Gourette | 4.1 · E3 · D- | 1,100 m | 1,350 → 2,473 m | NW | 1.5 km |
| Col d'Anglas · Descente par le Lac d'anglas | n/a · PD+ | 1,100 m | 1,346 → 2,441 m | E | 1.6 km |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 October 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
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 Gourette
From Paris: 9 hr 12 (843 km) by road.
By road
- From Pau: 1 hr 01 · 50 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 59 · 224 km
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 20 · 266 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 49 · 420 km
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 17 · 455 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 52 · 593 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 58 · 618 km
- From Valence: 7 hr 07 · 653 km
- From Grenoble: 8 hr 04 · 744 km
- From Lyon: 8 hr 14 · 752 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 8 hr 18 · 631 km
- From Nice: 8 hr 35 · 776 km
- From Chambéry: 8 hr 49 · 803 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 12 · 843 km
- From Annecy: 9 hr 14 · 862 km
- From Genève: 9 hr 44 · 899 km
- From Dijon: 9 hr 47 · 889 km
- From Besançon: 10 hr 23 · 947 km
- From Nancy: 11 hr 54 · 1100 km
- From Strasbourg: 12 hr 46 · 1185 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Buzy en Béarn station
halt · then 40 min drive (32 km)
Nearest main station: Lourdes, 57 min by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 11 October 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
- Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées (LDE): 1 hr 11 by road · 59 km
- Pau-Pyrénées (PUF): 1 hr 19 by road · 64 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 October 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 October 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.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Gourette?
Gourette sits at 1,350 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,453 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Gourette have?
Gourette has 30 km of slopes, 9 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Gourette?
The longest piste is Les Rhododendrons: 2 km (blue run), for 450 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 Gourette?
The highest lift, Anglas (chairlift), tops out at 2,453 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Gourette have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 9 installations at Gourette (2 gondolas, 4 chairlifts, 1 drag lift, 2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 14,840 people per hour, of which 2,700 for Bezou alone. The fleet spans 1966 to 2022, an average age of 19 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 much is a lift pass in Gourette?
The adult day pass costs €44 and the 6-day pass €238 (2025-2026 season, the latest price list published, read on the official price list).
How do I get to Gourette?
By road, Gourette is 1 hr 01 from Pau (50 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Buzy en Béarn, 40 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 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées, 1 hr 11 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Gourette?
9 hr 12 for 843 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Gourette good for beginners and families?
58% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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