Mijanès-Donezan
1,535 mBottom of the pistes
2,013 mTop of the ski area
7 kmAlpine pistes
6Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
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.
Live webcams
All webcams (5) →Panoramique HDViewsurf
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Official players of the resort, live image. 1 more camera on the webcam page. Checked on 24 September 2026.
Snow, opening and weather
Snow report →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
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 9 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 16 winters at the Météo-France “FORMIGUERES” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 16 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,535 m · top 2,013 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.
Seven criteria rated from 1 to 5 stars, in half-stars, from this page's sourced data. A rating is a rank among the 315 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: 2,013 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: 0%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?2 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 7 km · Lifts: 6 · Balance between piste levels: 75%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?n/a
Not rated: no official price list could be found.
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?2.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 79% · Magic carpets: 1 · 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
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 1 · Upcoming events: 0 · 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 declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), STRMTG register, OpenStreetMap; snow depth observed at the Météo-France station, ERA5-Land model) ; ski area (figures declared by the resort (ANMSM, official website), national lift register (STRMTG), OpenStreetMap) ; 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).
14 pistes, by level
4 green7 blue3 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 478 m
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20262 kmLongest piste — Coumeille (blue), 401 m of vertical
401 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,015 → 1,614 m, 2 km
2,013 mHighest lift top — Canrusc (platter lift), national lift register
3,610Total lift capacity, people per hour — 6 installations: 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
34 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1965, newest 2011
720Biggest lift, people per hour — Canrusc (platter lift, 1981)
3 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped
74 haSki area boundary (OSM)
56Inhabitants — Mijanès (INSEE 09193)
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 Mijanès-Donezan only (“MIJANES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Mijanès-Donezan
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Stay & accommodation
Holidu
Holiday-rental comparison site.
Gear & equipment
Absolute Snow
UK ski and snowboard shop — delivers to UK addresses only.
Hardloop
Mountain gear shop: ski touring, avalanche safety, winter clothing.
Beyond skiing at Mijanès-Donezan
Without skis on — 1 sledging run
Source: DATAtourisme (open data), within 10 km of the resort; places in a large town of the valley are left out. Checked on 12 September 2026. Opening times and prices are the operator’s — check before you go.
Ski schools and 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.
Off the pistes: off-piste and ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Ski touring routes described
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 |
The other 8 routes, with grades and vertical →
Not a piste. Neither marked, nor patrolled, nor secured: transceiver, shovel, probe, the day’s avalanche bulletin and, better still, a guide. Ski grade (1.1–5.6) = steepness and commitment; exposure (E1–E4) = consequence of a fall.
Source: Camptocamp.org topo guide (CC BY-SA), routes starting within 10 km, read on 13 October 2026. Descriptions and photos are on Camptocamp; an empty cell is a field nobody has filled in. Camptocamp ski touring routes ↗
Piste map
Open on OpenSnowMap ↗Official piste map
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 07 · 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 11 October 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 October 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 October 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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Mijanès-Donezan?
The Mijanès-Donezan pistes start at 1,535 m, and its ski area rises to 2,013 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Mijanès-Donezan have?
Mijanès-Donezan has 7 km of slopes, 6 lifts.
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?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 9 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, measured over 16 winters at the Météo-France “FORMIGUERES” station. This verdict rests on 16 winters of Météo-France measurements (2005-2026); 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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