The Gourette ski area

Gourette has 30 km of pistes, 9 lifts carrying 14,840 people an hour, 1,102 m of vertical, from 1,351 m to 2,453 m. 18 green runs, 19 blue, 24 red and 3 black.

Gourette is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). The village sits at 1,350 m and the ski area rises to 2,453 m, a skiable vertical of 1,102 m.

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Runs by level

64 runs over 30 km:

18 green 19 blue 24 red 3 black

Vertical drop: 1,102 m — from 1,351 m to 2,453 m
Slope aspect: 87 % north · 7 % east · 5 % west — computed from the fall line of 48 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

2 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.

The lifts

9 lifts , carrying 14,840 people an hour in total , 19 years old on average (from 1966 to 2022).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	2	5,200
Télésièges	4	7,090
Téléskis	1	550
Tapis roulants	2	2,000

Lift by lift

The 9 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
BEZOU	Télécabine	2,700	814 m	248 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
LEY	Télécabine	2,500	577 m	167 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
PLAA SEGOUNE	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1817 m	560 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
ANGLAS	Télésiège	1,800	1156 m	370 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
BOSSES	Télésiège	1,790	926 m	247 m	2022	G.M.M.
BEZOU (dit Pitchounes)	Télésiège	1,500	503 m	80 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
LIEVRE	Tapis roulant	1,000	81 m	10 m	2020	FICAP
TETRAS	Tapis roulant	1,000	133 m	15 m	2020	FICAP
SARRIERE 3 (Cinto)	Téléski à perche débrayable	550	489 m	174 m	1966	MONTAZ MAUTINO

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

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