Luchon-Superbagnères
Superbagnères is a ski resort above the town of Bagnères-de-Luchon in the French department of Haute-Garonne in the Midi-Pyrénées region.
Introduction from the English Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
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
Top of the ski area: 1,450 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,450 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 37 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 25%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 31 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 31 km · Lifts: 13 · Balance between piste levels: 92%
- 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?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 64% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 2
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 7 hr 12 · Nearest railway station: 1 hr 04 · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 48
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?2.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 1 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 6 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 431 — 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 (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).
The domain is due to open on 1 December 2026. Open pistes and lifts will appear here as soon as the resort publishes its daily report.
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,450 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.
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
10 complete winters measured, from 2016-2017 to 2025-2026 — on average 37 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec15 cmInsufficient · 17 %
- 16-31 Dec15 cmInsufficient · 18 %
- 1-15 Jan18 cmInsufficient · 33 %
- 16-31 Jan33 cmVariable · 55 %
- 1-15 Feb37 cmVariable · 53 %
- 16-29 Feb29 cmInsufficient · 42 %
- 1-15 Mar18 cmInsufficient · 24 %
- 16-31 Mar5 cmInsufficient · 8 %
- 1-15 Apr3 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2017-2018 — 82 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2019-2020 — 0 day at 30 cm or more
Snowfall: no long enough record of fresh snow at this station. Rather than an estimate, we show nothing.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →39 pistes, by level — 31 km
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Without skis
- 2 sledging runs
- Piste aspect
- N 31% · E 44% · S 8% · W 18% (descent direction of 44 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le super G (1795 m) · La Luge (1792 m) · La plète (1792 m)
- Season 2026-2027
- opens on 1 December 2026
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 Luchon-Superbagnères only (“SUPERBAGNERES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Luchon-Superbagnères
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →Luchon-Superbagnères broadcasts its images on its own page: the link takes you there. Checked on 12 September 2026.
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 Luchon-Superbagnères
From Paris: 9 hr 15 (835 km) by road.
By road
- From Pau: 2 hr 11 · 155 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 18 · 163 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 08 · 359 km
- From Bordeaux: 4 hr 11 · 359 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 36 · 394 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 11 · 532 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 17 · 556 km
- From Valence: 6 hr 26 · 591 km
- From Grenoble: 7 hr 23 · 683 km
- From Lyon: 7 hr 33 · 691 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 7 hr 37 · 570 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 54 · 714 km
- From Chambéry: 8 hr 08 · 742 km
- From Annecy: 8 hr 33 · 800 km
- From Genève: 9 hr 03 · 838 km
- From Dijon: 9 hr 06 · 828 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 15 · 835 km
- From Besançon: 9 hr 42 · 886 km
- From Nancy: 11 hr 13 · 1039 km
- From Strasbourg: 12 hr 05 · 1124 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Montréjeau - Gourdan-Polignan station
regional station · then 1 hr 04 drive (56 km)
Nearest main station: Tarbes, 1 hr 44 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 48 by road · 124 km
- Pau-Pyrénées (PUF): 2 hr 16 by road · 158 km
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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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Gouron · Les Dames · entrée bois des coqs · Bois des Coqs
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
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Luchon-Superbagnères — up to 1,580 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pic de Céciré · Par les crêtes depuis Superbagnères | 3.3 · E1 · PD | 617 m | 1,786 → 2,403 m | NE | 1.8 km |
| Pic de Céciré · Couloir Sarrat | 4.1 | 600 m | 1,800 → 2,403 m | N | 1.8 km |
| Pic de Subescale · Depuis les granges de l'Espone | n/a · E1 · PD+ | 1,000 m | 1,453 → 2,436 m | E | 3 km |
| Pic de Céciré · Couloir Zébulon | 5.1 · E2 · TD- | 1,130 m | 1,465 → 2,403 m | E · NE | 3.4 km |
| Pic de Céciré · Par la crête de la Coume des Clots | 2.3 · E2 · PD | 1,100 m | 1,360 → 2,403 m | N | 3.4 km |
| Pic de Céciré · Couloir du Trou du Chien | 4.1 | n/a | 1,800 → 2,403 m | NE | 3.4 km |
| Pic de Céciré · Couloir NW | 4.2 · E1 · D | n/a | 1,462 → 2,403 m | NW | 3.4 km |
| Pic de Céciré · Par le vallon de Labach | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 1,100 m | 1,450 → 2,403 m | NW | 3.6 km |
| L'homme des neiges · Le ravin de la lauzère | 3.2 | 1,580 m | n/a | N · NW | 4 km |
| Sommet de la Coume de Bourg · Depuis les granges de l'Espone | n/a · E1 · PD | 900 m | 1,453 → 2,367 m | E | 4.1 km |
| Sommet de la Coume de Bourg · par le vallon de Labach | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 900 m | 1,467 → 2,367 m | N | 4.6 km |
| Tuc de Poujastou · par les crêtes, les cabanes Herran & Hours, le mail de Cric, la Laque et Coumelongue | 1.3 · E1 · F | n/a | n/a | n/a | 5.4 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
431 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 431 bed spaces
Commune: Saint-Aventin · 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
Haute-Garonne Montagne
📍 24 Allées d'Étigny, 31110 Bagnères-de-Luchon
Ski school
ESF Luchon-Superbagneres
59 instructors
🇬🇧 17 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Swimming pool · Piscine des Thermes
- Cinema · Le Rex
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 Luchon-Superbagnères?
Luchon-Superbagnères sits at 1,450 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,450 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Luchon-Superbagnères have?
Luchon-Superbagnères has 31 km of pistes served by 13 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Luchon-Superbagnères?
The longest piste is Les Marmottes: 3 km (blue run), for 649 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 Luchon-Superbagnères?
The highest lift, Hount Estrete (chairlift), tops out at 2,133 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Luchon-Superbagnères have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 14 installations at Luchon-Superbagnères (1 gondola, 5 chairlifts, 7 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 16,660 people per hour, of which 2,200 for Arbesquens alone. The fleet spans 1963 to 2023, an average age of 33 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 Luchon-Superbagnères?
By road, Luchon-Superbagnères is 2 hr 11 from Pau (155 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Montréjeau - Gourdan-Polignan, 1 hr 04 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 48 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Luchon-Superbagnères?
9 hr 15 for 835 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
When does Luchon-Superbagnères open?
According to the official website, the resort opens on 1 December 2026 (2026-2027 season).
Is Luchon-Superbagnères good for beginners and families?
64% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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