The Le Cambre d'Aze ski area

Le Cambre d'Aze has 26 km of pistes, 14 lifts carrying 11,173 people an hour, 798 m of vertical, from 1,626 m to 2,424 m. 26 green runs, 9 blue, 11 red and 3 black.

Le Cambre d'Aze is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Pyrénées-Orientales), in the commune of Saint-Pierre-dels-Forcats. The village sits at 1,640 m and the ski area rises to 2,424 m, a skiable vertical of 798 m.

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Runs by level

49 runs over 26 km:

26 green 9 blue 11 red 3 black

Vertical drop: 798 m — from 1,626 m to 2,424 m
Slope aspect: 79 % north · 13 % west · 8 % east — computed from the fall line of 29 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

3 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.

The lifts

14 lifts , carrying 11,173 people an hour in total , 39 years old on average (from 1971 to 2010).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	1,800
Téléskis	13	9,373

Lift by lift

The 14 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
MOULY	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	1373 m	324 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
COULEE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	642 m	189 m	1986	POMAGALSKI
FONT PETITE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	823 m	243 m	1977	MONTAZ MAUTINO
JARDINEIGE 2 (St Pierre)	Téléski à corde	840	50 m	1 m	2010	PELLAT-FINET
FONT FREDE	Téléski à perche débrayable	810	731 m	224 m	1977	MONTAZ MAUTINO
BOIS D'EYNE	Téléski à perche débrayable	775	830 m	320 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
PLA	Téléski à enrouleur	730	810 m	152 m	1971	BUHLER
FOUNT	Téléski à perche débrayable	720	382 m	72 m	1990	POMAGALSKI
FIL-NEIGE (St Pierre)	Téléski à corde	700	50 m	3 m	1998	POMAGALSKI
LIAISON	Téléski à perche débrayable	690	386 m	78 m	1981	POMAGALSKI
ROC (DEBUTANTS)	Téléski à perche débrayable	608	417 m	70 m	1973	MONTAZ MAUTINO
JARDINEIGE (Eyne)	Téléski à corde	600	70 m	3 m	1990	SCHIPPERS
GRAND BABY	Téléski à perche fixe	600	186 m	23 m	1986	POMAGALSKI
PRE GUILLAUME	Téléski à perche fixe	500	120 m	23 m	1996	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “CAMBRE D'AZE” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

No downloadable piste map published by the resort.

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