The Saint-Lary-Soulan ski area

Saint-Lary-Soulan has 28 km of pistes, 25 lifts carrying 36,217 people an hour, 800 m of vertical, from 1,700 m to 2,500 m. 7 green runs, 26 blue, 15 red and 11 black.

Saint-Lary-Soulan is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrénées). The village sits at 1,700 m and the ski area rises to 2,500 m, a skiable vertical of 800 m.

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Runs by level

59 runs over 28 km:

7 green 26 blue 15 red 11 black

Vertical drop: 800 m — from 1,700 m to 2,500 m
Slope aspect: 64 % east · 15 % north · 15 % west · 6 % south — computed from the fall line of 46 runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Saint-Lary Soulan
Pistes: 59 pistes
By grade: 7 green · 26 blue · 15 red · 11 black
Lifts: 24 in total · 2 gondolas · 10 chairlifts · 9 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,700 m → 2,500 m
Beginners: Beginner zone
Fun & sledging: 3 snowparks · 2 sledge runs · fun zone
Passes (as declared): Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €54 · Child, 1 day (resort pass) €48 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €106 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €94.50 · Adult, 3 days (resort pass) €156 · Child, 3 days (resort pass) €137 · Adult, 4 days (resort pass) €205 · Child, 4 days (resort pass) €181.50 (official page)

Figures entered by the resort itself in the ANMSM feed. Our own survey (OpenStreetMap, STRMTG register) is shown above; when the two differ, the resort usually counts its whole linked area.

The ski area in figures

Measured on 7 October 2026

3 kmLongest piste — Marmottes (blue), 410 m of vertical

475 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,270 → 1,795 m, 1 km

2,471 mHighest lift top — Glacier (drag lift), national lift register

36,217Total lift capacity, people per hour — 25 installations: 1 aerial tramway, 2 gondolas, 10 chairlifts, 9 drag lifts, 3 magic carpets

30 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1955, newest 2023

3,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Bouleaux (detachable chairlift, 2015)

26 kmTotal length of lifts — 23 lifts mapped

1,241 haSki area boundary (OSM)

837Inhabitants — Saint-Lary-Soulan (INSEE 65388)

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 Saint-Lary-Soulan only (“SAINT LARY SOULAN”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

25 lifts , carrying 36,217 people an hour in total , 30 years old on average (from 1955 to 2023).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Téléphériques	1	600
Télécabines	2	5,050
Télésièges	10	20,745
Téléskis	9	7,422
Tapis roulants	3	2,400

Lift by lift

The 20 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
BOULEAUX	Télésiège débrayable	3,000	1928 m	607 m	2015	DOPPELMAYR
ESPIAUBE	Télécabine	2,800	1862 m	724 m	2022	MND
SABOURES	Télésiège débrayable	2,800	1213 m	181 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
L'ADET	Télésiège	2,750	694 m	187 m	2006	POMAGALSKI
VIGNEC-ST LARY 1700	Télécabine	2,250	2737 m	837 m	2009	POMAGALSKI
SOUMAYE	Télésiège débrayable	2,165	1252 m	391 m	2001	DOPPELMAYR
TOURETTE	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	1390 m	292 m	2022	MND
SOUM DE MATTE	Télésiège	1,930	1314 m	418 m	1997	POMAGALSKI
FORET	Télésiège débrayable	1,800	1558 m	604 m	2023	MND
LITA	Télésiège	1,800	808 m	355 m	1995	POMAGALSKI
AULON	Télésiège	1,500	1272 m	335 m	2002	POMAGALSKI
ECOLE	Tapis roulant	1,200	126 m	10 m	2011	MEB (IDM)
KID PARK	Tapis roulant	1,200	130 m	18 m	2011	MEB (IDM)
FONDEURS	Télésiège	1,000	1100 m	209 m	1983	POMAGALSKI
BABY MERLAN (Gentiane 1)	Téléski à perche débrayable	1,000	234 m	29 m	1980	POMAGALSKI
LUDETTE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	310 m	61 m	2005	POMAGALSKI
ISARDS	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	905 m	303 m	1980	POMAGALSKI
CORNEBLANQUE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	1474 m	392 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
GENTIANES 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	850	292 m	57 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
ARROUYES	Téléski à perche débrayable	840	1633 m	296 m	1965	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SAINT LARY SOULAN” · 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.

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Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME and distributed by ANMSM · read on 16 October