The La Pierre Saint-Martin ski area

La Pierre Saint-Martin has 25 km of pistes, 12 lifts carrying 15,274 people an hour, 623 m of vertical, from 1,521 m to 2,144 m. 17 green runs, 24 blue, 7 red and 3 black.

La Pierre Saint-Martin is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the commune of Arette. The village sits at 1,635 m and the ski area rises to 2,144 m, a skiable vertical of 623 m.

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Runs by level

51 runs over 25 km:

17 green 24 blue 7 red 3 black

Vertical drop: 623 m — from 1,521 m to 2,144 m
Slope aspect: 54 % north · 39 % west · 7 % east · 1 % south — computed from the fall line of 33 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Les Ifs (red), 368 m of vertical

405 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,118 → 1,713 m, 3 km

2,148 mHighest lift top — SOUM COUY dit "Le Panoramique" (chairlift), national lift register

15,274Total lift capacity, people per hour — 12 installations: 4 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets

25 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1962, newest 2020

2,500Biggest lift, people per hour — MAILHNE dit "Le Family" (detachable chairlift, 2014)

8 kmTotal length of lifts — 10 lifts mapped

431 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,032Inhabitants — Arette (INSEE 64040)

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 La Pierre Saint-Martin only (“PIERRE SAINT MARTIN (LA)”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

12 lifts , carrying 15,274 people an hour in total , 25 years old on average (from 1962 to 2020).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	4	8,524
Téléskis	5	4,040
Tapis roulants	3	2,710

Lift by lift

The 12 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
MAILHNE dit "Le Family"	Télésiège débrayable	2,500	1592 m	402 m	2014	DOPPELMAYR
SAPINS	Télésiège	2,394	755 m	115 m	2006	DOPPELMAYR
SOUM COUY dit "Le Panoramique"	Télésiège	2,000	1003 m	262 m	2014	LST
ARLAS	Télésiège	1,630	1173 m	303 m	2004	POMAGALSKI
La Combe 2	Télécorde	1,500	172 m	15 m	2020	POMA-OTIS
OURSON 2	Tapis roulant	1,080	176 m	30 m	2010	FICAP
PIOU PIOU	Tapis roulant	1,000	38 m	6 m	2013	SUNKID
CONTREBANDIERS	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	788 m	215 m	1988	POMAGALSKI
PLUVIOMETRE	Téléski à perche débrayable	790	335 m	70 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
MARMOTTES 2	Tapis roulant	630	107 m	13 m	2009	MEB (IDM)
MASSARE 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	450	394 m	119 m	1971	POMAGALSKI
MASSARE 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	400	394 m	119 m	1962	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “PIERRE SAINT MARTIN (LA)” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (image, 2.2 MB) ↗

Published by La Pierre Saint-Martin · file dated 8 June 2022 · link checked on 12 September 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.