The Les Monts d'Olmes ski area

Les Monts d'Olmes has 16 km of pistes, 12 lifts carrying 11,038 people an hour, 545 m of vertical, from 1,403 m to 1,948 m. 5 green runs, 3 blue, 15 red and 2 black.

Les Monts d'Olmes is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Ariège), in the commune of Montferrier. The village sits at 1,463 m and the ski area rises to 1,948 m, a skiable vertical of 545 m.

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Runs by level

25 runs over 16 km:

5 green 3 blue 15 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 545 m — from 1,403 m to 1,948 m
Slope aspect: 91 % north · 7 % east · 2 % west — computed from the fall line of 27 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Bisous (red), 347 m of vertical

347 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,752 → 1,405 m, 2 km

1,948 mHighest lift top — Cadene (platter lift), national lift register

11,038Total lift capacity, people per hour — 12 installations: 1 chairlift, 11 drag lifts

47 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1966, newest 2007

2,045Biggest lift, people per hour — Sources (chairlift, 2007)

8 kmTotal length of lifts — 12 lifts mapped

175 haSki area boundary (OSM)

541Inhabitants — Montferrier (INSEE 09206)

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 Les Monts d'Olmes only (“MONTS D'OLMES”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

12 lifts , carrying 11,038 people an hour in total , 47 years old on average (from 1966 to 2007).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	1	2,045
Téléskis	11	8,993

Lift by lift

The 12 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
SOURCES	Télésiège	2,045	1303 m	330 m	2007	POMAGALSKI
POUSSINS-PITCHOUN	Télécorde	1,400	88 m	9 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
LES POUSSINS	Télécorde	1,400	110 m	11 m	2000	MONTAGNER
PRADEILLE 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	690 m	137 m	1972	MONTAZ MAUTINO
BABY 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	345 m	71 m	1966	MONTAZ MAUTINO
GALINAT	Téléski à perche débrayable	790	910 m	299 m	1972	MONTAZ MAUTINO
BABY 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	650	308 m	63 m	1971	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PRADEILLE 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	645	690 m	137 m	1968	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PLANAS	Téléski à perche débrayable	604	604 m	143 m	1968	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CADENE	Téléski à perche débrayable	604	821 m	273 m	1967	MONTAZ MAUTINO
FAGE BELLE 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	1225 m	358 m	1968	MONTAZ MAUTINO
FAGE BELLE 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	600	1225 m	358 m	1968	MONTAZ MAUTINO

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “MONTS D'OLMES” · 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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