Le Mourtis
The Le Mourtis ski resort is a Pyrenean winter sports resort located in the commune of Boutx in the département of Haute-Garonne in the Occitanie region in Comminges.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 322 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: 1,796 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,386 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 66%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 14 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 14 km · Lifts: 11 · Balance between piste levels: 83%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: “adult day pass” is missing from this page.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 74% · Magic carpets: 1 · 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 35 · Nearest railway station: 37 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 21
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 5 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 307 — 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 — 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 (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata), snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (OpenStreetMap pistes and lifts, linked area (Wikidata)) ; 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).
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
7-day forecast
Village 1,411 m · top 1,796 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.
Average snow depth by month
Reliable snow mainly in December; more irregular the rest of the winter.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.4 h · Dec 5.8 h · Jan 5.7 h · Feb 7.3 h · Mar 8 h · Apr 8.8 h — 23 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December49 cmGood skiing · 89%
- January40 cmVariable · 56%
- February47 cmVariable · 66%
- March31 cmVariable · 52%
- April—no record
- May—no record
30 cm on the ground: the benchmark for groomed-piste skiing. Bar = monthly average depth; percentage = share of time above 30 cm.
- Good skiing: 30 cm on more than 8 days in 10
- Variable: 30 cm on 5 to 8 days in 10
- Insufficient: 30 cm less than one day in two
Measured snow history: not available for this resort. No Météo-France station close enough (the 3 nearby stations are outside the resort’s altitude range). We would rather show nothing than borrow a distant valley’s reading.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →27 pistes, by level — 14 km
- Skiable vertical
- 410 m (1,386 m → 1,796 m)
- Lifts
- 2 chairlifts, 8 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Piste aspect
- N 71% · E 7% · S 0% · W 23% (descent direction of 18 OSM pistes, terrain model)
Pistes and lifts surveyed on OpenStreetMap within 4 km of the resort — for a resort in a linked area, the figure may include neighbouring pistes.
Lift passes detail →
The price list for this resort is being collected: most resorts publish winter prices between September and November.
The ski area in figures
Measured on 9 September 2026Measured 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 Mourtis only (“LE MOURTIS”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Le Mourtis
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →Official players of the resort, live image.
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗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 Mourtis
From Paris: 8 hr 38 (789 km) by road.
By road
- From Toulouse: 1 hr 41 · 117 km
- From Pau: 1 hr 44 · 134 km
- From Perpignan: 3 hr 31 · 313 km
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 43 · 338 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 59 · 348 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 34 · 486 km
- From Marseille: 5 hr 40 · 511 km
- From Valence: 5 hr 49 · 546 km
- From Grenoble: 6 hr 46 · 637 km
- From Lyon: 6 hr 56 · 645 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 7 hr 00 · 524 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 17 · 669 km
- From Chambéry: 7 hr 31 · 696 km
- From Annecy: 7 hr 56 · 754 km
- From Genève: 8 hr 26 · 792 km
- From Dijon: 8 hr 29 · 782 km
- From Paris: 8 hr 38 · 789 km
- From Besançon: 9 hr 05 · 840 km
- From Nancy: 10 hr 36 · 993 km
- From Strasbourg: 11 hr 28 · 1078 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Montréjeau - Gourdan-Polignan station
regional station · then 37 min drive (36 km)
Nearest main station: Tarbes, 1 hr 16 by road.
No direct bus line from the station to the resort appears in the open-data timetables (checked on 13 September 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
- Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées (LDE): 1 hr 21 by road · 103 km
- Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS): 1 hr 39 by road · 119 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 September 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 September 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.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Le Mourtis — up to 1,400 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuc de l'Étang · Depuis le Mourtis | n/a · E1 · F | 350 m | 1,450 → 1,816 m | N | 0.8 km |
| Pic de l'Escalette · Depuis le col de Menté | 2.2 · E2 · PD | 550 m | 1,346 → 1,856 m | SE | 1.9 km |
| Pic du Cagire · Par l'Escalette | 2.2 · PD | 1,300 m | 1,349 → 1,912 m | S | 2 km |
| Pic du Cagire · Itinéraire S, par la Cabane de Larreix | n/a · E1 · PD+ | 600 m | 1,349 → 1,912 m | S | 2.1 km |
| Col d'Espone · depuis Argut dessus | 1.3 · F+ | n/a | 890 → 1,350 m | S · SW · W | 2.8 km |
| Tuc de Seneviès · Plan des Sédères | 2.1 · E1 · PD+ | n/a | n/a | SE · NW | 3.2 km |
| Le Puech · Par le col du Piéjau | 1.3 · E1 · F | 800 m | 900 → 1,669 m | SW | 4.1 km |
| Sommet de Pique Poque · Voie normale départ de Juzet | n/a · AD- | 1,300 m | 600 → 1,898 m | N | 4.6 km |
| Pic du Cagire · Face N, descente directe Coume de Cagire | 4.2 · E1 · AD | 1,400 m | 600 → 1,912 m | N | 4.7 km |
| Pic du Cagire · Versant N par la Cabane de Juzet | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,000 m | 960 → 1,912 m | N | 4.7 km |
| Cap de Gauch · Crête N depuis Le Couéu | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,258 m | 890 → 2,148 m | N | 7.2 km |
| Cap de Gauch · Crête N depuis Saint-Lary | 2.1 · E1 · F | 1,000 m | 1,130 → 2,148 m | N | 7.4 km |
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 September 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Practical information
Collective accommodation
307 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 2 hotels · 28 rooms
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 160 bed spaces
- 2 youth hostels and sports centres · 147 bed spaces
Commune: Boutx · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
Tourist office
Office de tourisme
Ski school
ESF Le Mourtis
9 instructors
🇬🇧 5 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
Source: esf.net
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.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Le Mourtis?
Le Mourtis sits at 1,411 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,796 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Le Mourtis have?
Le Mourtis has 14 km of pistes served by 11 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Le Mourtis?
The longest piste is La Promenade: 3 km (green run), for 408 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 Mourtis?
The highest lift, Tuc De Pan (chairlift), tops out at 1,801 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Le Mourtis have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 12 installations at Le Mourtis (1 chairlift, 10 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 9,850 people per hour, of which 1,600 for Tuc De Pan alone. The fleet spans 1965 to 2023, an average age of 35 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 Mourtis?
By road, Le Mourtis is 1 hr 41 from Toulouse (117 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Montréjeau - Gourdan-Polignan, 37 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 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées, 1 hr 21 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Le Mourtis?
8 hr 38 for 789 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 Le Mourtis?
Yes: good snow in the core of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Le Mourtis good for beginners and families?
74% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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