Saint-Urcize
1,274 mVillage altitude
1,369 mTop of the ski area
6 kmAlpine pistes
3Ski lifts
Not published by any source: adult day pass.
The resort of Saint-Urcize, sometimes called Super Blaise, is a small ski resort located in the territory of the commune of Saint-Urcize in Cantal. It is located to the south-west, 4 km from the village, along the D 13 road and 2 km from the département of Aveyron.
Live webcams
Saint-Urcize publishes no public webcam (checked on 12 September 2026 on its website, its tourist office and the operators’ directories). Know of one? Tell us.
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.
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 3 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 123 cm of fresh snow, measured over 31 winters at the Météo-France “MALBOUZON” station. Fortnight by fortnight, over 31 measured winters →
3-day forecast
Village 1,274 m · top 1,369 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?1.5 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,369 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,226 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 3 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 3%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?1.5 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 6 km · Lifts: 3 · Balance between piste levels: 79%
- 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?1.5 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 67% · Magic carpets: 0 · Sledging runs: 0 · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 0
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 4 hr 45 · Nearest railway station: 34 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 2 hr 13
- 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 · 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 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).
9 pistes, by level
3 green3 blue3 red0 black
- Skiable vertical
- 143 m
- Cross-country skiing
- 13 km of nordic trails
Ski-area figures — bottom, km of pistes, pistes by level: OpenStreetMap (1 Oct); top, lifts: STRMTG — French national lift register (1 Jan) .
The ski area in figures
Measured on 7 October 20261 kmLongest piste — Faubesse (blue), 116 m of vertical
116 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,346 → 1,230 m, 1 km
1,369 mHighest lift top — Foret - Goutals (platter lift), national lift register
1,760Total lift capacity, people per hour — 3 installations: 3 drag lifts
47 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1973, newest 1987
710Biggest lift, people per hour — Foret - Goutals (platter lift, 1973)
2 kmTotal length of lifts — 5 lifts mapped
n/aSki area boundary (OSM)
475Inhabitants — Saint-Urcize (INSEE 15216)
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-Urcize only (“SAINTE URCIZE”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Saint-Urcize
The partners covering this resort, shown side by side, and the shop to kit out before you leave. Some links earn us a commission — never at the expense of the price or of the data.
Collective accommodation
- 1 hotel · 10 rooms
- 1 campsite · 46 pitches
Commune: Saint-Urcize · 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 Saint-Urcize
Swimming pool
- Narcisse, institut et spa en Aubrac · Laguiole · 10 km away
Dog sledding
- Nordic Team Musher · Saint-Urcize · 0.2 km away
- Nord Aveyron Mushing · Laguiole · 3.9 km away
Museum
- Maison de l'Aubrac · Saint-Chély-d'Aubrac · 5.8 km away
- Musée du couteau de Laguiole · Laguiole · 9.6 km away
- Musée du couteau de Laguiole, de l'objet forgé et de l'outil tranchant (groupes) · Laguiole · 9.6 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
Tourist office
Office de tourisme
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.
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 Saint-Urcize
From Paris: 6 hr 17 (578 km) by road.
By road
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 2 hr 04 · 162 km
- From Montpellier: 2 hr 28 · 208 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 53 · 211 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 3 hr 00 · 191 km
- From Perpignan: 3 hr 23 · 309 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Valence: 3 hr 42 · 233 km
- From Lyon: 3 hr 48 · 321 km
- From Marseille: 4 hr 24 · 377 km
- From Grenoble: 4 hr 39 · 324 km
- From Chambéry: 4 hr 44 · 336 km
- From Pau: 4 hr 57 · 412 km
- From Annecy: 5 hr 03 · 373 km
- From Bordeaux: 5 hr 11 · 446 km
- From Dijon: 5 hr 19 · 476 km
- From Genève: 5 hr 26 · 475 km
- From Besançon: 5 hr 55 · 534 km
- From Nice: 6 hr 02 · 535 km
- From Paris: 6 hr 17 · 578 km
- From Nancy: 7 hr 26 · 687 km
- From Strasbourg: 8 hr 19 · 772 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Aumont-Aubrac station
halt · then 34 min drive (34 km)
Nearest main station: Clermont-Ferrand, 2 hr 03 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
- Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne (CFE): 2 hr 13 by road · 165 km
- Montpellier-Méditerranée (MPL): 2 hr 39 by road · 221 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Saint-Urcize as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
No freely accessible charge point is declared within 2 km of the resort (checked on 9 October 2026). Covered car parks in the resort may offer chargers reserved for their customers: those are not listed here.
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.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
Frequently asked questions
How high is Saint-Urcize?
Saint-Urcize sits at 1,274 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,369 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Saint-Urcize have?
Saint-Urcize has 6 km of slopes, 3 lifts.
What is the longest piste in Saint-Urcize?
The longest piste is Faubesse: 1 km (blue run), for 116 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-Urcize?
The highest lift, Foret - Goutals (platter lift), tops out at 1,369 m. Source: STRMTG, French national register of mechanical lifts (CAIRN database), file dated 1 January 2025.
How many lifts does Saint-Urcize have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 3 installations at Saint-Urcize (3 drag lifts), for an authorised capacity of 1,760 people per hour, of which 710 for Foret - Goutals alone. The fleet spans 1973 to 1987, an average age of 47 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-Urcize?
By road, Saint-Urcize is 2 hr 04 from Clermont-Ferrand (162 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Aumont-Aubrac, 34 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 Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne, 2 hr 13 away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Saint-Urcize?
6 hr 17 for 578 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-Urcize?
Natural snow is low on average: skiing depends on snowmaking and good years. 3 days a winter at 30 cm or more on average, and 123 cm of fresh snow, measured over 31 winters at the Météo-France “MALBOUZON” station. This verdict rests on 31 winters of Météo-France measurements (1987-2019); in season the daily report prevails.
Is Saint-Urcize good for beginners and families?
67% of the pistes are green or blue: a rather easy area.
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