Peyragudes
Peyragudes is a large ski resort in the French Pyrenees, situated in the departments of Hautes-Pyrénées and Haute-Garonne, in the Region of Occitanie.
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?3.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 2,360 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,478 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 105 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 51%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 43 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 43 km · Lifts: 23 · Balance between piste levels: 86%
- 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: 65% · Magic carpets: 7 · Sledging runs: 0 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 7 hr 03 · Nearest railway station: 57 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 33
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 10 · 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 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 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 1,953 m · top 2,360 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 6.7 h · Dec 6.2 h · Jan 6.3 h · Feb 7.8 h · Mar 8.5 h · Apr 9.5 h — 25 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December23 cmInsufficient · 35%
- January29 cmInsufficient · 46%
- February44 cmVariable · 60%
- March36 cmVariable · 61%
- 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
14 complete winters measured, from 1992-1993 to 2021-2022 — on average 105 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec54 cmVariable · 71 %
- 16-31 Dec52 cmVariable · 78 %
- 1-15 Jan57 cmVariable · 78 %
- 16-31 Jan76 cmGood skiing · 91 %
- 1-15 Feb96 cmGood skiing · 87 %
- 16-29 Feb93 cmGood skiing · 88 %
- 1-15 Mar94 cmGood skiing · 82 %
- 16-31 Mar73 cmVariable · 74 %
- 1-15 Apr59 cmVariable · 65 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2013-2014 — 133 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1992-1993 — 36 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 536 cm a winter on average, spread over 58 days of snowfall. Measured over 13 complete winters, from 1995-1996 to 2021-2022.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 99 cm — 2012-2013
- Snowiest winter
- 2012-2013 — 985 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 342 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →86 pistes, by level — 43 km
- Skiable vertical
- 882 m (1,478 m → 2,360 m)
- Lifts
- 1 gondola, 9 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 7 magic carpets
- Snowpark
- 1 mapped zone — Snow Park de la Flamme
OpenStreetMap, surveyed on 18 September 2026. OpenStreetMap does not map individual features (kickers, rails): what is counted here are the named zones. - Piste aspect
- N 58% · E 23% · S 3% · W 17% (descent direction of 59 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Tourist office
- Maison de Peyragudes · PEYRAGUDES, 65240 · 05.62.99.69.99 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- peyragudes ALPIN 2025-2026-BD (1) (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Resort app
- Android (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Famille Plus
- The resort’s family page (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by Maison de Peyragudes and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
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.
Official piste map
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 Peyragudes only (“PEYRAGUDES”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Peyragudes
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (14) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 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 Peyragudes
From Paris: 9 hr 07 (832 km) by road.
By road
- From Pau: 1 hr 56 · 134 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 11 · 160 km
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 55 · 338 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 01 · 355 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 28 · 390 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 03 · 529 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 09 · 553 km
- From Valence: 6 hr 18 · 588 km
- From Grenoble: 7 hr 15 · 680 km
- From Lyon: 7 hr 26 · 687 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 7 hr 29 · 567 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 46 · 711 km
- From Chambéry: 8 hr 00 · 738 km
- From Annecy: 8 hr 25 · 797 km
- From Genève: 8 hr 55 · 835 km
- From Dijon: 8 hr 58 · 825 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 07 · 832 km
- From Besançon: 9 hr 34 · 883 km
- From Nancy: 11 hr 05 · 1036 km
- From Strasbourg: 11 hr 58 · 1121 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Montréjeau - Gourdan-Polignan station
regional station · then 57 min drive (53 km)
Nearest main station: Tarbes, 1 hr 29 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 33 by road · 103 km
- Pau-Pyrénées (PUF): 2 hr 00 by road · 138 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Peyragudes as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
3 charging stations within 2 km
4 charging points · up to 22 kW
- Gouaux-de-larboust · Freshmile SAS · 2 points · 22 kW · 1.5 km
- CU-SDE65-GER1-65510-1 · Load Stations · 1 point · 22 kW · 1.9 km
- CU-SDE65-GER1-65510-2 · Load Stations · 1 point · 22 kW · 1.9 km
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 Peyragudes — up to 1,750 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap de la Pène de Soulit · Croupe NE | 1.2 · E1 · F | 849 m | 1,182 → 2,031 m | NE | 0.6 km |
| Cap de Pales · Depuis les Agudes | 1.2 · E1 · F | 700 m | 1,600 → 2,300 m | NE | 0.7 km |
| Cap de Pales · Depuis Peyresourde | n/a · F | 600 m | 2,300 m | W · NW | 1.2 km |
| Pic d'Espingo · Depuis Peyragudes | n/a · E2 · AD | 1,750 m | 1,610 → 2,856 m | NE | 1.4 km |
| Cap des Hittes · Depuis les Agudes | 2.1 · E1 · F | 970 m | 1,397 → 2,368 m | NE | 2.1 km |
| Peyragudes - Les Agudes · Crête des Six Pics par la Vallée Blanche depuis Les Agudes | 2.1 · E1 · F+ | 900 m | 1,450 → 2,270 m | N | 2.1 km |
| Pic de Hourgade · Par les lacs de Nère | n/a · E2 · AD | 1,200 m | 2,964 m | W | 2.3 km |
| Cap des Hittes · Depuis Peyresourde | n/a · E1 · F | 802 m | 1,612 → 2,368 m | NW | 2.3 km |
| Cap de Hont Nère · Versant SW par le Cap de Matas | n/a · E2 · F | 600 m | 1,300 → 1,916 m | SW | 3.4 km |
| Pic des Pichadères · Par le val d'Aube | 3.1 · E1 · AD | 1,284 m | 1,266 → 2,550 m | NE | 3.9 km |
| Pic de Hourgade · Depuis Germ | n/a · E3 · AD+ | 1,700 m | 1,266 → 2,964 m | W | 4 km |
| Pic d'Espingo · Par le Val d'Esquierry | 3.2 · E1 · AD | 1,740 m | 1,105 → 2,844 m | NE | 4.2 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
- 1 hotel · 24 rooms
Commune: Gouaux-de-Larboust · 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
Maison de Peyragudes
Ski school
ESF Peyresourde
75 instructors
🇬🇧 23 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
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 Peyragudes?
Peyragudes sits at 1,953 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 2,360 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Peyragudes have?
Peyragudes has 43 km of pistes served by 23 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Peyragudes?
The longest piste is Val de Montségu 1: 2 km (black run), for 384 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 Peyragudes?
The highest lift, 1000 (drag lift), tops out at 2,358 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Peyragudes have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 23 installations at Peyragudes (1 gondola, 9 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 7 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 27,241 people per hour, of which 2,600 for Serre Doumenge alone. The fleet spans 1968 to 2024, an average age of 25 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 Peyragudes?
By road, Peyragudes is 1 hr 56 from Pau (134 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Montréjeau - Gourdan-Polignan, 57 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 Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées, 1 hr 33 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Peyragudes?
9 hr 07 for 832 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 Peyragudes?
It varies from one winter to the next according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Peyragudes good for beginners and families?
65% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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