Hautacam
1,500 mVillage altitude
1,729 mTop of the ski area
12 kmAlpine pistes
7Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Hautacam is a ski resort in the French Pyrenees. It is situated in the Hautes-Pyrénées department, in the Occitania region. In road bicycle racing, the ascent to Hautacam is known as a difficult climb, which is used occasionally in the Tour de France.
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Hautacam broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. 1 more camera on the webcam page. Checked on 12 September 2026.
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 1,500 m · top 1,729 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?2.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,729 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,488 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 5%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 12 km · Lifts: 7 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 67% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · 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 24 · Nearest railway station: 36 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 50 min
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 3 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — 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 · 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 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).
27 pistes, by level
9 green9 blue9 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 241 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 20261 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (green), 66 m of vertical
224 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,723 → 1,499 m, 1 km
1,729 mHighest lift top — Naouit 1 (platter lift), national lift register
6,628Total lift capacity, people per hour — 7 installations: 6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
30 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1975, newest 2022
1,400Biggest lift, people per hour — Espace Ludique (magic carpet, 2022)
4 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped
88 haSki area boundary (OSM)
413Inhabitants — Beaucens (INSEE 65077)
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 Hautacam only (“HAUTACAM”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Hautacam
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Collective accommodation
- 1 campsite · 78 pitches
Commune: Beaucens · 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.
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 Hautacam
Toboggan runs
- Mountain Luge · 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 Hautacam
🌐 esf.net/ecole-de-ski/hautacam
10 instructors
🇬🇧 5 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
Point d'Information touristique de Pierrefitte-Nestalas
📍 Place du Maréchal Foch, 65260 Pierrefitte-Nestalas
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 →Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Hautacam — up to 1,450 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soum de Tramassel · Depuis Sérères | 1.1 · E1 · F | 410 m | 1,250 → 1,653 m | W | 0.5 km |
| Soum de Maucasau · Depuis l'Arrioutou | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 400 m | 1,350 → 1,746 m | NW | 0.8 km |
| Soum de Maucasau · Depuis Sérères | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 650 m | 1,180 → 1,742 m | N · NW | 1 km |
| Soum de Maucasau · Face SE | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 650 m | 1,350 → 1,742 m | S · SE | 1 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 Hautacam
From Paris: 9 hr 16 (856 km) by road.
By road
- From Pau: 1 hr 22 · 69 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 39 · 205 km
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 24 · 278 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 29 · 401 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 56 · 436 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 31 · 574 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 37 · 599 km
- From Valence: 6 hr 46 · 634 km
- From Grenoble: 7 hr 43 · 725 km
- From Lyon: 7 hr 53 · 733 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 7 hr 57 · 612 km
- From Nice: 8 hr 14 · 757 km
- From Chambéry: 8 hr 28 · 784 km
- From Annecy: 8 hr 53 · 843 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 16 · 856 km
- From Genève: 9 hr 23 · 880 km
- From Dijon: 9 hr 26 · 870 km
- From Besançon: 10 hr 02 · 928 km
- From Nancy: 11 hr 33 · 1081 km
- From Strasbourg: 12 hr 26 · 1166 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Lourdes station
main station, high-speed trains · then 36 min drive (28 km)
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): 50 min by road · 40 km
- Pau-Pyrénées (PUF): 1 hr 29 by road · 78 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 Hautacam?
Hautacam sits at 1,500 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,729 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Hautacam have?
Hautacam has 12 km of slopes, 7 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Hautacam?
The longest single descent: 1 km (green run), for 66 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 Hautacam?
The highest lift, Naouit 1 (platter lift), tops out at 1,729 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Hautacam have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 7 installations at Hautacam (6 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 6,628 people per hour, of which 1,400 for Espace Ludique alone. The fleet spans 1975 to 2022, an average age of 30 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 Hautacam?
By road, Hautacam is 1 hr 22 from Pau (69 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Lourdes (main station, high-speed trains), 36 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, 50 min away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Hautacam?
9 hr 16 for 856 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Hautacam good for beginners and families?
67% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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