Mijanès-Donezan
Mijanès-Donezan is a winter sports resort located in the commune of Mijanès in the Donezan, département of Ariège in France. It is situated on the east side of the col de Pailhères. On the other side of this col is the ski resort of Ascou-Pailhères.
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: 2,015 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,535 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 9 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 51%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 7 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 7 km · Lifts: 4 · Balance between piste levels: 75%
- 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: 79% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 1 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 18 · Nearest railway station: 40 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 28
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 0 — 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).
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 1,152 m · top 2,015 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
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 7.1 h · Dec 6.5 h · Jan 6.4 h · Feb 8 h · Mar 9.2 h · Apr 10 h — 26 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December30 cmInsufficient · 47%
- January34 cmInsufficient · 48%
- February31 cmVariable · 51%
- March33 cmVariable · 56%
- 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
Snow actually measured, winter by winter
16 complete winters measured, from 2005-2006 to 2025-2026 — on average 9 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec8 cmInsufficient · 5 %
- 16-31 Dec7 cmInsufficient · 7 %
- 1-15 Jan7 cmInsufficient · 4 %
- 16-31 Jan9 cmInsufficient · 7 %
- 1-15 Feb12 cmInsufficient · 19 %
- 16-29 Feb7 cmInsufficient · 7 %
- 1-15 Mar6 cmInsufficient · 9 %
- 16-31 Mar3 cmInsufficient · 2 %
- 1-15 Apr1 cmInsufficient · 0 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2005-2006 — 41 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2007-2008 — 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 →14 pistes, by level — 7 km
- Skiable vertical
- 480 m (1,535 m → 2,015 m)
- Lifts
- 4 drag lifts
- Without skis
- 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 25% · E 75% · S 0% · W 0% (descent direction of 15 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- La trabe (1533 m)
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 Mijanès-Donezan only (“MIJANES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Mijanès-Donezan
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →Mijanès-Donezan 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 Mijanès-Donezan
From Paris: 9 hr 17 (835 km) by road.
By road
- From Perpignan: 1 hr 32 · 90 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 31 · 158 km · avoids Port de Pailhères, closed in winter
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 03 · 228 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 44 · 391 km
- From Valence: 4 hr 53 · 426 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Pau: 5 hr 06 · 337 km · via Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse station
- From Grenoble: 5 hr 50 · 517 km
- From Bordeaux: 5 hr 53 · 467 km · via Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse station
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 54 · 506 km
- From Lyon: 6 hr 01 · 525 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 6 hr 16 · 544 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 21 · 549 km
- From Chambéry: 6 hr 35 · 576 km
- From Annecy: 7 hr 00 · 635 km
- From Genève: 7 hr 30 · 673 km
- From Dijon: 8 hr 02 · 718 km
- From Besançon: 8 hr 34 · 778 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 17 · 835 km
- From Nancy: 10 hr 09 · 928 km
- From Strasbourg: 10 hr 57 · 1015 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse station
halt · then 40 min drive (36 km)
Nearest main station: Perpignan, 1 hr 32 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
- Perpignan-Rivesaltes (PGF): 1 hr 28 by road · 83 km
- Carcassonne-Salvaza (CCF): 1 hr 34 by road · 90 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 Mijanès-Donezan — up to 1,800 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pic de Tarbésou · Depuis Mijanes | n/a · E1 · F | 850 m | 1,520 → 2,364 m | NE | 5.1 km |
| Roc Blanc · depuis le refuge de Laurenti et le col de Laurenti | 2.1 · E1 · PD | 926 m | 1,616 → 2,542 m | E | 6.1 km |
| Pic de la Coumeille de l'Ours · Couloir SSE | 4.2 · E1 | 1,000 m | 1,687 → 2,217 m | S · SE | 6.7 km |
| Pic de Tarbésou · Boucle au pic de Balbonne | 3.2 · E1 · PD+ | 1,800 m | 1,685 → 2,346 m | n/a | 7.6 km |
| Pic de Tarbésou · Depuis Pailhères | n/a · E1 · PD | 700 m | 1,700 → 2,364 m | N | 7.6 km |
| Sarrat des Chèvres · Depuis Ascou-Pailhères | 1.2 · E1 | 550 m | 1,500 → 2,059 m | W | 7.6 km |
| Pic de Tarbésou · Boucle par le col de l'Egue | n/a · E1 · PD | 1,450 m | 1,335 → 2,364 m | n/a | 7.7 km |
| Roc Blanc · Arête NW et face N | 4.2 · E1 · D+ | 1,200 m | 1,630 → 2,542 m | N | 7.7 km |
| Roc Blanc · Face N classique | 5.1 · E2 | 1,050 m | n/a | N | 7.7 km |
| Col de l'Egue · Par le vallon de la Grande Coume | 2.1 · E1 · PD- | 850 m | 1,325 → 2,121 m | NW | 7.9 km |
| Pic de Ginèvre · Face SE - Depuis Puyvalador | 2.2 · E1 · F | 740 m | 1,640 → 2,382 m | SE | 8.2 km |
| Pic de la Tribune · Versant E par Le Boutadiol | 3.2 · E2 · AD | 1,300 m | 1,700 → 2,499 m | E | 8.5 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
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.
What's on around Mijanès-Donezan
All events →-
19 September 2026 – 20 September 2026
Visite du château d'Usson et maison du patrimoine
Château d'Usson et maison du patrimoine · Rouze
Perché à 920 mètres d’altitude, le château d’Usson, édifié aux XIIe et XIIIe siècles, contrôlait la vallée de l’Aude et protégeait le Donezan.
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “ADT Ariège Pyrénées” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Puyvalador (9.6 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Mijanès-Donezan?
Mijanès-Donezan sits at 1,152 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,015 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Mijanès-Donezan have?
Mijanès-Donezan has 7 km of pistes served by 4 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Mijanès-Donezan?
The longest piste is Coumeille: 2 km (blue run), for 401 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 Mijanès-Donezan?
The highest lift, Canrusc (platter lift), tops out at 2,013 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Mijanès-Donezan have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 6 installations at Mijanès-Donezan (5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 3,610 people per hour, of which 720 for Canrusc alone. The fleet spans 1965 to 2011, an average age of 34 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 Mijanès-Donezan?
By road, Mijanès-Donezan is 1 hr 32 from Perpignan (90 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Mont-Louis - La Cabanasse, 40 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 Perpignan-Rivesaltes, 1 hr 28 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Mijanès-Donezan?
9 hr 17 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.
Is the snow reliable in Mijanès-Donezan?
It varies from one winter to the next according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Mijanès-Donezan good for beginners and families?
79% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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