The Le Somport-Candanchu ski area
Le Somport-Candanchu has 77 km of pistes, 497 m of vertical, from 1,700 m to 2,197 m. 17 green runs, 29 blue, 39 red and 27 black.
Le Somport-Candanchu is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the commune of Urdos. The village sits at 1,594 m and the ski area rises to 2,197 m, a skiable vertical of 497 m.
Runs by level
112 runs over 77 km:
17 green 29 blue 39 red 27 black
- Vertical drop
- 497 m — from 1,700 m to 2,197 m
- Slope aspect
- 48 % north · 27 % west · 17 % east · 8 % south — computed from the fall line of 99 runs
- Night skiing
- 1 floodlit run
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20262 kmLongest piste — Toboganes (blue), 237 m of vertical
414 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,171 → 1,757 m, 1 km
2,280 mHighest lift top — Ratrack (drag lift)
32 kmTotal length of lifts — 39 lifts mapped
186 haSki area boundary (OSM)
71Inhabitants — Urdos (INSEE 64542)
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.
Official piste map
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