Le Cambre d'Aze
1,640 mVillage altitude
2,424 mTop of the ski area
26 kmAlpine pistes
14Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
Cambre d'Aze is an alpine ski resort in the French Pyrenees located in the département of Pyrénées-Orientales on the slopes of the Cambre d'Aze, a massif culminating at 2,750 metres in altitude, and accessible via the village of Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats or via the village of Eyne. The resort also offers ski touring and snowshoeing circuits, two beginner areas, two tobogganing areas and an ice fall.
Le Cambre d'Aze webcams
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Le Cambre d'Aze broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. 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 1,640 m · top 2,424 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?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,424 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,626 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 12%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 26 km · Lifts: 14 · Balance between piste levels: 83%
- 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: 71% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 31 · Nearest railway station: 26 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 44
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 2 · Upcoming events: 0 · 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).
49 pistes, by level
26 green9 blue11 red3 black
- Skiable vertical
- 798 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 20263 kmLongest piste — Le Château d'Eau (green), 310 m of vertical
504 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,377 → 1,873 m, 2 km
2,424 mHighest lift top — Font Frede (platter lift), national lift register
11,173Total lift capacity, people per hour — 14 installations: 1 chairlift, 13 drag lifts
39 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1971, newest 2010
1,800Biggest lift, people per hour — Mouly (detachable chairlift, 1987)
7 kmTotal length of lifts — 15 lifts mapped
374 haSki area boundary (OSM)
260Inhabitants — Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats (INSEE 66188)
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 Le Cambre d'Aze only (“CAMBRE D'AZE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Le Cambre d'Aze
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
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 Le Cambre d'Aze
Without skis on — 16 km of snowshoe and walking trails
Toboggan runs
- DRACO'SNOW LUGE SUR RAIL PYRÉNÉES 2000 · Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via · 7.4 km away
- ESPACE LUDIQUE SKI · Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via · 8.8 km away
Swimming pool
- CENTRE EAU DE FORME · Mont-Louis · 3.6 km away
- ESPACE AQUALUDIQUE D'ERR · Err · 8.4 km away
Spa and thermal baths
- BAINS DE SAINT THOMAS · Fontpédrouse · 5 km away
- BAINS DE LLO · Llo · 5.5 km away
Paragliding
- ECOLE DE PARAPENTE VOL'AIME · Égat · 9.1 km away
Cinema
- CASINO - CINEMA · Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via · 7.5 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
Ski school
ESF St Pierre Cambre D Aze
9 instructors
🇬🇧 6 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Tourist office
La maison de la vallée de Eyne
🌐 valleedeyne.wordpress.com/2019/03/01/la-maison-de-la-vallee-deyne
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 → 1 Marked off-piste itineraries · 1 km
— Ski touring routes
Named itineraries: Super Cambre
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Le Cambre d'Aze — up to 1,950 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambre d'Aze · En circuit par la vallée d'Eyne | n/a · E1 · AD | 1,170 m | 1,680 → 2,711 m | SW | 0.9 km |
| Cambre d'Aze · Couloir Gigolo | 4.2 · E2 | 900 m | 1,800 → 2,711 m | N | 0.9 km |
| Cambre d'Aze · Par l'épaule N/NW depuis la station d'Eyne | n/a · E1 · F | 1,000 m | 1,750 → 2,711 m | N | 1.4 km |
| Cambre d'Aze · Grand Couloir N ou Grande Cheminée | 4.1 · E1 · AD | 960 m | 1,790 → 2,750 m | N | 1.9 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 Le Cambre d'Aze
From Paris: 10 hr 02 (867 km) by road.
By road
- From Perpignan: 1 hr 40 · 91 km
- From Toulouse: 3 hr 03 · 191 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 18 · 241 km
- From Pau: 4 hr 40 · 302 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 59 · 403 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 5 hr 08 · 438 km
- From Bordeaux: 5 hr 26 · 433 km
- From Grenoble: 6 hr 05 · 530 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 08 · 519 km
- From Lyon: 6 hr 15 · 538 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 6 hr 31 · 557 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 36 · 561 km
- From Chambéry: 6 hr 50 · 589 km
- From Annecy: 7 hr 15 · 647 km
- From Genève: 7 hr 45 · 685 km
- From Dijon: 8 hr 17 · 730 km
- From Besançon: 8 hr 49 · 790 km
- From Paris: 10 hr 02 · 867 km
- From Nancy: 10 hr 24 · 941 km
- From Strasbourg: 11 hr 12 · 1028 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse station
halt · then 26 min drive (10 km)
Nearest main station: Perpignan, 1 hr 39 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 44 by road · 94 km
- Carcassonne-Salvaza (CCF): 2 hr 29 by road · 132 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
2 charging stations within 2 km
2 charging points · up to 22 kW
- S66-E66075-001-1B · Load Stations · 1 point · 22 kW · 1.6 km
- S66-E66075-001-1 · Load Stations · 1 point · 22 kW · 1.6 km
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 Le Cambre d'Aze?
Le Cambre d'Aze sits at 1,640 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,424 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Le Cambre d'Aze have?
Le Cambre d'Aze has 26 km of slopes, 14 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Le Cambre d'Aze?
The longest piste is Le Château d'Eau: 3 km (green run), for 310 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 Le Cambre d'Aze?
The highest lift, Font Frede (platter lift), tops out at 2,424 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Le Cambre d'Aze have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 14 installations at Le Cambre d'Aze (1 chairlift, 13 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 11,173 people per hour, of which 1,800 for Mouly alone. The fleet spans 1971 to 2010, an average age of 39 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 Le Cambre d'Aze?
By road, Le Cambre d'Aze is 1 hr 40 from Perpignan (91 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse, 26 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 44 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Le Cambre d'Aze?
10 hr 02 for 867 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
Is Le Cambre d'Aze good for beginners and families?
71% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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