Saint-Lary-Soulan
Pla d'Adet or Saint-Lary 1700 is a ski resort in the French Pyrenees, in the department of Hautes-Pyrénées, and the Occitania region. The resort is situated above the village of Saint-Lary-Soulan, at an altitude of 1,680 metres (5,510 ft). The climb to the ski station is frequently used as a stage finish in the Tour de France cycle race.
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?2.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,607 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,607 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 37 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 55%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 28 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 28 km · Lifts: 14 · Balance between piste levels: 80%
- 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 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 71% · Magic carpets: 4 · Sledging runs: 1 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1 · Famille Plus label
- AccessIs it easy to get to?1.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 7 hr 07 · Nearest railway station: 54 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 1 hr 26
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 4 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 22 · Upcoming events: 0 · Collective tourist beds: 2,708 — index: what the map and the listings publish
- Luxury and comfortHow upmarket is the resort?2.5 / 5
5-star hotels: 0 · 4-star hotels: 1 · Share of hotel rooms in 4 and 5 stars: 52% · 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 1,607 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 6.5 h · Dec 6 h · Jan 6 h · Feb 7.5 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 9.2 h — 24 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November8 cmInsufficient · 8%
- December24 cmInsufficient · 39%
- January38 cmVariable · 50%
- February50 cmVariable · 72%
- March44 cmVariable · 58%
- April19 cmInsufficient · 21%
- May1 cmInsufficient · 2%
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
10 complete winters measured, from 2016-2017 to 2025-2026 — on average 37 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec15 cmInsufficient · 17 %
- 16-31 Dec15 cmInsufficient · 18 %
- 1-15 Jan18 cmInsufficient · 33 %
- 16-31 Jan33 cmVariable · 55 %
- 1-15 Feb37 cmVariable · 53 %
- 16-29 Feb29 cmInsufficient · 42 %
- 1-15 Mar18 cmInsufficient · 24 %
- 16-31 Mar5 cmInsufficient · 8 %
- 1-15 Apr3 cmInsufficient · 1 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2017-2018 — 82 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 2019-2020 — 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 →52 pistes, by level — 28 km
- Lifts
- 2 cable cars, 1 gondola, 5 chairlifts, 2 drag lifts, 4 magic carpets
- Without skis
- 1 sledging run
- Piste aspect
- N 15% · E 64% · S 6% · W 16% (descent direction of 47 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Tourist office
- OFFICE DE TOURISME · 37 RUE VINCENT MIR, 65170 · 0562395081 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- Plan des pistes (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Shuttle timetable (PDF)
- Navettes hiver (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 OFFICE DE TOURISME 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.
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 Saint-Lary-Soulan only (“SAINT LARY SOULAN”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Saint-Lary-Soulan
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (9) →Official players of the resort, live image.
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 Saint-Lary-Soulan
From Paris: 9 hr 13 (841 km) by road.
By road
- From Pau: 1 hr 49 · 126 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 16 · 169 km
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 48 · 330 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 06 · 365 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 34 · 400 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 09 · 538 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 14 · 562 km
- From Valence: 6 hr 24 · 597 km
- From Grenoble: 7 hr 21 · 689 km
- From Lyon: 7 hr 31 · 697 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 7 hr 34 · 576 km
- From Nice: 7 hr 52 · 720 km
- From Chambéry: 8 hr 06 · 748 km
- From Annecy: 8 hr 31 · 806 km
- From Genève: 9 hr 01 · 844 km
- From Dijon: 9 hr 04 · 834 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 13 · 841 km
- From Besançon: 9 hr 40 · 892 km
- From Nancy: 11 hr 11 · 1045 km
- From Strasbourg: 12 hr 03 · 1130 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Capvern station
halt · then 54 min drive (48 km)
Nearest main station: Tarbes, 1 hr 22 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 26 by road · 95 km
- Pau-Pyrénées (PUF): 1 hr 53 by road · 130 km
Take me there
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Charging an electric car
3 charging stations within 2 km
6 charging points · up to 44 kW
- BOUY_002876 · Load Stations · 2 points · 44 kW · 0.1 km
- BOUY_002877 · Load Stations · 2 points · 44 kW · 0.1 km
- BOUY_002878 · Load Stations · 2 points · 44 kW · 0.1 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.
Off-piste & ski touring
The resorts for off-piste skiing →Named itineraries: Arbizon 1
Itineraries surveyed on OpenStreetMap within a 4 km radius (7 September 2026): “marked” means an itinerary exists on the map, not that it is open or safe on the day.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Saint-Lary-Soulan — up to 1,700 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap du Mont · Depuis Ens | 3.3 · E2 · AD- | n/a | n/a | NE · N | 3.4 km |
| Cap de Laubère · Depuis Ens | 2.1 · E1 · F+ | 1,000 m | 1,197 → 2,211 m | NE | 3.7 km |
| Pic de Pichebrou · Combe N | 3.1 · E2 · D | 950 m | 2,183 m | N | 3.7 km |
| Pic d'Aret · Boucle face SW / descente face NW | 4.1 · E2 · D- | 1,650 m | 1,290 → 2,939 m | NW | 4.2 km |
| Pic d'Aret · Par le vallon de Sarroues | 3.3 · E2 · AD+ | 1,650 m | 1,290 → 2,939 m | N · NW · W | 4.2 km |
| Crête de la Soumaye · par Espiaube | n/a · F | 760 m | 1,600 → 2,359 m | E | 4.4 km |
| Pic Mail d'Aulon · Par la combe E | 3.2 · AD- | 1,200 m | n/a | S · SE · E · SW | 4.5 km |
| Pic de Bassia Sailla · Par le Cap de Laubere | n/a · PD+ | 1,200 m | 1,237 → 2,430 m | NE | 4.5 km |
| Pic de Tramezaïgues · Face N | 5.1 · E3 · TD | 1,272 m | 1,300 → 2,572 m | N | 4.6 km |
| Cap de Laubère · Couloir du "Balcon d'Arsoué" | 4.2 · E2 · D+ | 1,000 m | 1,200 → 2,213 m | E | 4.6 km |
| Pic de Marty Caberrou · depuis le pont de Moudang | 3.2 · E2 · AD | 1,700 m | 1,050 → 2,677 m | N · NW · NE | 4.9 km |
| Pic Cabanou · Couloir E | 3.1 · E3 · AD- | 900 m | 1,600 → 2,527 m | E | 5.1 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
2,708 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 6 hotels · 172 rooms (2 × 4★, 3 × 3★)
- 5 holiday villages and family centres · 1,221 bed spaces
- 7 tourist residences and apartment hotels · 1,344 bed spaces
- 1 youth hostel or sports centre · 143 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 107 pitches
Commune: Saint-Lary-Soulan · 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 du Parc national des Pyrénées - Saint-Lary-Soulan
Ski school
ESF St Lary
131 instructors
🇬🇧 46 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Cinema Lumiére
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 Saint-Lary-Soulan?
Saint-Lary-Soulan sits at 1,607 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,607 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Saint-Lary-Soulan have?
Saint-Lary-Soulan has 28 km of pistes served by 14 lifts (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Saint-Lary-Soulan?
The longest piste is marmottes: 2 km (blue run), for 294 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 Saint-Lary-Soulan?
The highest lift, Glacier (drag lift), tops out at 2,471 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Saint-Lary-Soulan have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 25 installations at Saint-Lary-Soulan (1 aerial tramway, 2 gondolas, 10 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 36,217 people per hour, of which 3,000 for Bouleaux alone. The fleet spans 1955 to 2023, an average age of 30 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 Saint-Lary-Soulan?
By road, Saint-Lary-Soulan is 1 hr 49 from Pau (126 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Capvern, 54 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 26 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Saint-Lary-Soulan?
9 hr 13 for 841 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 Saint-Lary-Soulan?
It varies from one winter to the next according to ten winters of reanalysis (estimate); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Saint-Lary-Soulan good for beginners and families?
71% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area. The resort holds the Famille Plus family label.
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