Laguiole - Le Bouyssou
1,310 mVillage altitude
1,411 mTop of the ski area
9 kmAlpine pistes
10Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
The ski resort of Laguiole - Le Bouyssou is located in the commune of Laguiole, in the north of Aveyron.
Live webcams
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Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 12 September 2026.
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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.
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 7 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 102 cm of fresh snow, measured over 16 winters at the Météo-France “LACALM” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 16 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,310 m · top 1,411 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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,411 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,197 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 7 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 3%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 9 km · Lifts: 10 · Balance between piste levels: 98%
- 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
Share of green and blue pistes: 54% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 50 · Nearest railway station: 40 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 20
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 144 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?1.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 0 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 12% · 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).
13 pistes, by level
3 green4 blue4 red2 black
- Skiable vertical
- 214 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 18 km of nordic trails
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 — La Source (blue), 147 m of vertical
185 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,390 → 1,206 m, 1 km
1,411 mHighest lift top — Murs (platter lift), national lift register
5,728Total lift capacity, people per hour — 10 installations: 10 drag lifts
50 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1962, newest 1989
900Biggest lift, people per hour — Croix Du Pal 2 (platter lift, 1988)
4 kmTotal length of lifts — 10 lifts mapped
355 haSki area boundary (OSM)
1,207Inhabitants — Laguiole (INSEE 12119)
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 Laguiole - Le Bouyssou only (“LAGUIOLE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Laguiole - Le Bouyssou
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Collective accommodation
144 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 5 hotels · 108 rooms (1 × 4★, 3 × 3★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 144 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 58 pitches
Commune: Laguiole · 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 Laguiole - Le Bouyssou
Without skis on — 1 sledging run
Swimming pool
- Narcisse, institut et spa en Aubrac · Laguiole · 6 km away
Dog sledding
- Nord Aveyron Mushing · Laguiole · 0.1 km away
- Nordic Team Musher · Saint-Urcize · 4.3 km away
Museum
- Musée du couteau de Laguiole · Laguiole · 5.6 km away
- Musée du couteau de Laguiole, de l'objet forgé et de l'outil tranchant (groupes) · Laguiole · 5.6 km away
- Maison de l'Aubrac · Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac · 7.5 km away
- Mille Ans de Traces en Aubrac · Condom-d'Aubrac · 9 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
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.
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 Laguiole - Le Bouyssou
From Paris: 6 hr 25 (584 km) by road.
By road
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 2 hr 11 · 168 km
- From Montpellier: 2 hr 34 · 213 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 49 · 210 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 05 · 196 km
- From Perpignan: 3 hr 28 · 314 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 48 · 238 km
- From Lyon: 3 hr 55 · 327 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 30 · 383 km
- From Grenoble: 4 hr 45 · 329 km
- From Chambéry: 4 hr 50 · 341 km
- From Pau: 4 hr 54 · 412 km
- From Bordeaux: 5 hr 07 · 446 km
- From Annecy: 5 hr 09 · 379 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 27 · 482 km
- From Genève: 5 hr 33 · 482 km
- From Besançon: 6 hr 03 · 540 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 07 · 541 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 25 · 584 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 34 · 693 km
- From Strasbourg: 8 hr 26 · 778 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Aumont-Aubrac station
halt · then 40 min drive (39 km)
Nearest main station: Clermont-Ferrand, 2 hr 10 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
- Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne (CFE): 2 hr 20 by road · 172 km
- Montpellier-Méditerranée (MPL): 2 hr 45 by road · 226 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Laguiole - Le Bouyssou 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Laguiole - Le Bouyssou?
Laguiole - Le Bouyssou sits at 1,310 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,411 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Laguiole - Le Bouyssou have?
Laguiole - Le Bouyssou has 9 km of slopes, 10 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Laguiole - Le Bouyssou?
The longest piste is La Source: 1 km (blue run), for 147 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 Laguiole - Le Bouyssou?
The highest lift, Murs (platter lift), tops out at 1,411 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Laguiole - Le Bouyssou have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 10 installations at Laguiole - Le Bouyssou (10 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 5,728 people per hour, of which 900 for Croix Du Pal 2 alone. The fleet spans 1962 to 1989, an average age of 50 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 Laguiole - Le Bouyssou?
By road, Laguiole - Le Bouyssou is 2 hr 11 from Clermont-Ferrand (168 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Aumont-Aubrac, 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 Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne, 2 hr 20 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Laguiole - Le Bouyssou?
6 hr 25 for 584 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is the snow reliable in Laguiole - Le Bouyssou?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 7 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 102 cm of fresh snow, measured over 16 winters at the Météo-France “LACALM” station. This verdict rests on 16 winters of Météo-France measurements (1986-2020); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Laguiole - Le Bouyssou good for beginners and families?
54% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather technical area.
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