The Piau-Engaly ski area

Piau-Engaly has 34 km of pistes, 10 lifts carrying 14,423 people an hour, 1,031 m of vertical, from 1,497 m to 2,528 m. 4 green runs, 24 blue, 11 red and 7 black.

Piau-Engaly is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrénées), in the commune of Aragnouet. The village sits at 1,860 m and the ski area rises to 2,528 m, a skiable vertical of 1,031 m.

← Piau-Engaly resort page Version française

Runs by level

46 runs over 34 km:

4 green 24 blue 11 red 7 black

Vertical drop: 1,031 m — from 1,497 m to 2,528 m
Slope aspect: 71 % north · 22 % east · 5 % west · 2 % south — computed from the fall line of 58 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

5 kmLongest piste — Grande bleue (blue), 771 m of vertical

771 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,528 → 1,757 m, 5 km

2,529 mHighest lift top — Pic De Piau (detachable chairlift), national lift register

14,423Total lift capacity, people per hour — 10 installations: 4 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet

29 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1976, newest 2022

2,500Biggest lift, people per hour — Pic De Piau (detachable chairlift, 2003)

8 kmTotal length of lifts — 10 lifts mapped

119 haSki area boundary (OSM)

289Inhabitants — Aragnouet (INSEE 65017)

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 Piau-Engaly only (“PIAU ENGALY”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

10 lifts , carrying 14,423 people an hour in total , 29 years old on average (from 1976 to 2022).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	4	8,300
Téléskis	5	4,443
Tapis roulants	1	1,680

Lift by lift

The 10 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
PIC DE PIAU	Télésiège débrayable	2,500	2049 m	667 m	2003	POMAGALSKI
ENGALY	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1141 m	358 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
MOUSCADES 2	Télésiège	2,000	706 m	138 m	1987	POMAGALSKI
CAMPBIELH	Télésiège	1,800	981 m	326 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
ECOLES	Tapis roulant	1,680	148 m	14 m	2022	MND
TELECORDE DE MOUSCADES	Télécorde	1,350	151 m	12 m	1997	MONTAGNER
MARMOTTES 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	182 m	26 m	1987	MONTAZ MAUTINO
MARMOTTES 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	182 m	26 m	1987	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LAC	Téléski à perche débrayable	850	620 m	148 m	1976	POMAGALSKI
BAMBI 1	Téléski à corde	443	68 m	5 m	1990	SCHIPPERS

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