Plateau de Beille
1,786 mVillage altitude
1,827 mTop of the ski area
2Ski lifts
Not published by any source: km of alpine pistes, adult day pass.
Plateau de Beille is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Ariège), in the commune of Les Cabannes. The village sits at 1,786 m and the ski area rises to 1,827 m.
Live webcams
All webcams (2) →WebcamViewsurf
Each player is the camera operator’s own, loaded only when you ask for it — it may set its own trackers.
Official players of the resort, live image.
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.
Right now at the ASTON station (1,781 m)
Source: Météo-France, ASTON weather station, 0.1 km away. Hourly measurement — not the resort’s own snow report.
Avalanche danger
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next. Snow cover month by month →
3-day forecast
Village 1,786 m · top 1,827 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?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,827 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,786 m · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 64%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?n/a
Not rated: neither the resort nor the map gives the length of its pistes.
- 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?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 100% · Magic carpets: 1 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 6 hr 36 · Nearest railway station: 25 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 58
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 0 · 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).
- Skiable vertical
- 41 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 18 named trails — 54 km of marked loops (34 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by the resort
Ski-area figures — top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
n/aLongest piste
n/aBiggest vertical without changing piste
1,827 mHighest lift top — Geries (platter lift), national lift register
470Total lift capacity, people per hour — 2 installations: 1 drag lift, 1 magic carpet
25 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1989, newest 2011
470Biggest lift, people per hour — Geries (platter lift, 1989)
n/aTotal length of lifts
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
n/aInhabitants
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.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Plateau de Beille only (“PLATEAU DE BEILLE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Plateau de Beille
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Collective accommodation
- 1 campsite · 54 pitches
Commune: Albiès · INSEE tourist accommodation survey, 2026, read on 12 September 2026. Collective accommodation only — privately let flats and second homes are not counted. INSEE dataset ↗
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 Plateau de Beille
Without skis on — 17 km of snowshoe and walking trails · 9 sledging runs
Swimming pool
- Piscine de plein air · Aston · 5.6 km away
Museum
- Talcaneô - L'espace muséographique · Luzenac · 7 km away
- Talcaneô · Luzenac · 7 km away
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 Plateau de Beille — up to 1,736 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabaillère, antécime N 2362 m · Face NW | 2.3 · E1 · PD- | 1,142 m | 1,220 → 2,362 m | NW | 4.8 km |
| Crête des calmettes · Couloir NE | 4.1 · E1 | 1,100 m | 1,100 → 2,205 m | NE | 5.1 km |
| Crête des Génibres · Versant W | 3.1 · E1 | 700 m | 1,530 → 2,231 m | W | 5.9 km |
| Crête des Génibres · Versant S | 3.2 · E1 | 680 m | 1,150 → 2,231 m | n/a | 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 Plateau de Beille
From Paris: 8 hr 52 (805 km) by road.
By road
- From Toulouse: 1 hr 53 · 129 km
- From Perpignan: 3 hr 01 · 168 km · avoids Port de Pailhères, closed in winter
- From Pau: 3 hr 30 · 240 km
- From Montpellier: 3 hr 40 · 312 km
- From Bordeaux: 4 hr 17 · 371 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Marseille: 5 hr 21 · 475 km
- From Valence: 5 hr 30 · 510 km
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 5 hr 49 · 502 km
- From Grenoble: 6 hr 27 · 602 km
- From Lyon: 6 hr 37 · 609 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 6 hr 53 · 629 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 58 · 633 km
- From Chambéry: 7 hr 12 · 660 km
- From Annecy: 7 hr 37 · 719 km
- From Genève: 8 hr 07 · 757 km
- From Dijon: 8 hr 39 · 802 km
- From Paris: 8 hr 52 · 805 km
- From Besançon: 9 hr 10 · 862 km
- From Nancy: 10 hr 46 · 1013 km
- From Strasbourg: 11 hr 34 · 1100 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Les Cabannes station
halt · then 25 min drive (16 km)
Nearest main station: Toulouse Matabiau, 1 hr 50 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
- Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS): 1 hr 58 by road · 139 km
- Carcassonne-Salvaza (CCF): 2 hr 07 by road · 119 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Plateau de Beille as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
1 charging station within 2 km
3 charging points · up to 122 kW
- FR-S09-E09004-001-1 · Load Stations · 3 points · 122 kW · 0 km
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.
The area offers 2 ski lifts.
Access: 1 h 53 by road from Toulouse and 25 min from Les Cabannes railway station.
2 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
Frequently asked questions
How high is Plateau de Beille?
Plateau de Beille sits at 1,786 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,827 m.
How high do the lifts go in Plateau de Beille?
The highest lift, Geries (platter lift), tops out at 1,827 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Plateau de Beille have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 2 installations at Plateau de Beille (1 drag lift, 1 magic carpet), for an authorised capacity of 470 people per hour, of which 470 for Geries alone. The fleet spans 1989 to 2011, 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 Plateau de Beille?
By road, Plateau de Beille is 1 hr 53 from Toulouse (129 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Les Cabannes, 25 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 Toulouse-Blagnac, 1 hr 58 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Plateau de Beille?
8 hr 52 for 805 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 Plateau de Beille?
Snow cover varies from one winter to the next. This verdict rests on 9 winters of Météo-France measurements (2016-2025); in season the daily report prevails.
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