La Quillane
1,715 mVillage altitude
1,812 mTop of the ski area
3 kmAlpine pistes
4Ski lifts
€24.50Adult day pass · 2025-2026
La Quillane is a winter sports resort in the French Pyrenees located in the Pyrénées-Orientales, in the territory of the commune of La Llagonne. La Quillane is a family ski resort.
Webcams near La Quillane
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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 1,715 m · top 1,812 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: 1,812 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,715 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 12%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 3 km · Lifts: 4 · Balance between piste levels: 27%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?3 / 5
Adult day pass: €24.50 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €8.17/km
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 100% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 1 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 16 · Nearest railway station: 9 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 27
- 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 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 0% · Spas and saunas: 0 · Jewellers, watchmakers, fashion boutiques: 0 · Adult day pass: €24.50 — 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) →€24.50 Child, 1 day
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. 2025-2026 season, the latest price list published. Official price list ↗
8 pistes, by level
7 green1 blue0 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 97 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 20 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan); km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20261 kmLongest piste — Laurent (green), 96 m of vertical
96 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,806 → 1,709 m, 1 km
1,812 mHighest lift top — Mouscadou (platter lift), national lift register
2,650Total lift capacity, people per hour — 4 installations: 4 drag lifts
34 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1972, newest 2022
850Biggest lift, people per hour — Mouscadou (platter lift, 1972)
1 kmTotal length of lifts — 3 lifts mapped
23 haSki area boundary (OSM)
230Inhabitants — La Llagonne (INSEE 66098)
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 Quillane only (“QUILLANE (LA)”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in La Quillane
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Collective accommodation
- 1 hotel · 19 rooms (1 × 3★)
- 1 campsite · 182 pitches
Commune: La Llagonne · 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 La Quillane
Without skis on — 16 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Toboggan runs
- LUGE LOU BAC MOUNTAIN · Les Angles · 5.5 km away
- ESPACE LUDIQUE SKI · Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via · 7.2 km away
- DRACO'SNOW LUGE SUR RAIL PYRÉNÉES 2000 · Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via · 7.5 km away
- STATION DE MONTAGNE DE FORMIGUERES · Formiguères · 9.9 km away
Swimming pool
- CENTRE EAU DE FORME · Mont-Louis · 3.9 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- ESPACE ANGLEO BALNEO & SPA · Les Angles · 5.4 km away
- BAINS DE SAINT THOMAS · Fontpédrouse · 6.1 km away
Paragliding
- PARAPENTE VOLER INFO · Les Angles · 5.4 km away
- ECOLE DE PARAPENTE VOL'AIME · Égat · 9.5 km away
Cinema
- CINEMA LE CASTELL · Les Angles · 4.9 km away
- CASINO - CINEMA · Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via · 7.6 km away
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. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and practical information
Tourist office
Maison du Capcir et du Haut-Conflent
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 La Quillane — up to 1,235 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roc d'Aude · Par les pistes de ski | n/a · E1 · F | 675 m | 1,650 → 2,325 m | NE | 6.2 km |
| Mont Llaret · Par le lac d'Aude | 1.1 · E1 · F | 550 m | 1,800 → 2,350 m | S | 6.9 km |
| Puig del Pam · Combe E | 3.3 · E1 · PD- | 650 m | 1,789 → 2,470 m | SE | 7.7 km |
| Mont Llaret · Depuis Formiguères jusqu'à la station des Angles | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,235 m | 1,655 → 2,428 m | n/a | 8 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 La Quillane
From Paris: 9 hr 52 (871 km) by road.
By road
- From Perpignan: 1 hr 23 · 86 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 53 · 194 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 01 · 236 km
- From Pau: 4 hr 31 · 306 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 42 · 399 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 4 hr 51 · 434 km
- From Bordeaux: 5 hr 17 · 436 km
- From Grenoble: 5 hr 48 · 525 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 51 · 514 km
- From Lyon: 5 hr 58 · 533 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 6 hr 14 · 552 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 19 · 557 km
- From Chambéry: 6 hr 33 · 584 km
- From Annecy: 6 hr 58 · 642 km
- From Genève: 7 hr 28 · 680 km
- From Dijon: 8 hr 00 · 725 km
- From Besançon: 8 hr 32 · 785 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 52 · 871 km
- From Nancy: 10 hr 07 · 936 km
- From Strasbourg: 10 hr 55 · 1023 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse station
halt · then 9 min drive (7 km)
Nearest main station: Perpignan, 1 hr 22 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
- Perpignan-Rivesaltes (PGF): 1 hr 27 by road · 89 km
- Carcassonne-Salvaza (CCF): 2 hr 01 by road · 117 km
Take me there
These links open the app with La Quillane as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
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.
What's on around La Quillane
All events →-
17 October 2026 – 26 December 2026
Marché des producteurs de pays® annuel
Place du village, Formiguères (66) · Formiguères
Un marché de montagne authentique et convivial
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Les évènements Bienvenue à la Ferme Pyrénées-Orientales” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Formiguères (2.8 km), Puyvalador (4.4 km), Les Angles (5 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is La Quillane?
La Quillane sits at 1,715 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,812 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does La Quillane have?
La Quillane has 3 km of slopes, 4 lifts.
What is the longest piste in La Quillane?
The longest piste is Laurent: 1 km (green run), for 96 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 La Quillane?
The highest lift, Mouscadou (platter lift), tops out at 1,812 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does La Quillane have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 4 installations at La Quillane (4 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 2,650 people per hour, of which 850 for Mouscadou alone. The fleet spans 1972 to 2022, an average age of 34 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 La Quillane?
The adult day pass costs €24.50 (2025-2026 season, the latest price list published, read on the official price list).
How do I get to La Quillane?
By road, La Quillane is 1 hr 23 from Perpignan (86 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse, 9 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 Perpignan-Rivesaltes, 1 hr 27 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to La Quillane?
9 hr 52 for 871 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is La Quillane good for beginners and families?
100% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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