The Luz-Ardiden ski area

Luz-Ardiden has 26 km of pistes, 11 lifts carrying 12,392 people an hour, 791 m of vertical, from 1,694 m to 2,485 m. 5 green runs, 11 blue, 42 red and 5 black.

Luz-Ardiden is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrénées), in the commune of Luz-Saint-Sauveur. The village sits at 1,720 m and the ski area rises to 2,485 m, a skiable vertical of 791 m.

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Runs by level

63 runs over 26 km:

5 green 11 blue 42 red 5 black

Vertical drop: 791 m — from 1,694 m to 2,485 m
Slope aspect: 61 % east · 30 % north · 5 % south · 3 % west — computed from the fall line of 50 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

3 kmLongest piste — unnamed on the map (blue), 427 m of vertical

427 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,155 → 1,728 m, 3 km

2,484 mHighest lift top — Cloze (chairlift), national lift register

12,392Total lift capacity, people per hour — 11 installations: 6 chairlifts, 2 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets

28 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1975, newest 2024

2,160Biggest lift, people per hour — Baby (magic carpet, 2013)

6 kmTotal length of lifts — 7 lifts mapped

296 haSki area boundary (OSM)

38Inhabitants — Grust (INSEE 65210)

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 Luz-Ardiden only (“LUZ ARDIDEN”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

11 lifts , carrying 12,392 people an hour in total , 28 years old on average (from 1975 to 2024).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	6	8,732
Téléskis	2	1,500
Tapis roulants	3	2,160

Lift by lift

The 11 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
BABY	Tapis roulant	2,160	107 m	14 m	2013	FICAP
BEDERET EXPRESS	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1494 m	467 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
AULIAN EXPRESS	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1194 m	412 m	2000	POMAGALSKI
CAPERETTE	Télésiège	1,455	1136 m	452 m	1987	MONTAZ MAUTINO
CLOZE	Télésiège	1,300	516 m	220 m	2001	POMAGALSKI
SOURCE	Télésiège	1,057	805 m	224 m	1985	POMAGALSKI
AULIAN	Télésiège	920	433 m	88 m	1979	POMAGALSKI
POURTERE 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	488 m	110 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
BAMBI	Téléski à corde	600	81 m	6 m	1986	SCHIPPERS
TURON	Tapis roulant	—	—	—	2024	MND
PIOU PIOU	Tapis roulant	—	20 m	1 m	2017	FICAP

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “LUZ ARDIDEN” · 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.