Barèges
Barèges is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrénées). The village sits at 1,472 m and the ski area rises to 1,950 m, a skiable vertical of 612 m.
The area offers 22 km of alpine pistes, 36 marked pistes (13 green, 14 blue, 6 red, 3 black), 10 ski lifts. Green and blue runs dominate: terrain suited to beginners and families.
Barèges belongs to the linked Grand Tourmalet area: one lift pass covers the neighbouring resorts.
Measured on the OpenStreetMap map: the longest piste runs 3 km (Pourteilh) and the highest lift tops out at 2,856 m.
Access: 1 h 31 by road from Pau and 44 min from Lourdes railway station.
3 official webcams show the pistes live (on the French page).
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?3 / 5
Top of the ski area: 1,950 m · Bottom of the pistes: 1,338 m · Days above 30 cm per winter, measured: 105 days · Days above 30 cm, December to March, model: 90%
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?3 / 5
Km of pistes at the resort: 22 km · Km of pistes across the linked area: 55 km · Lifts: 10 · Balance between piste levels: 90%
- ValueIs the lift pass reasonable for what you get?2.5 / 5
Adult day pass: €55 · Day pass price per km of pistes: €1/km · Adult 6-day pass: €294 · Price read at a neighbouring resort of the same area
- Families and beginnersIs it right for children and beginners?3 / 5
Share of green and blue pistes: 75% · Magic carpets: 1 · Sledging runs: 0 · Special prices out of 4 (beginner, child, family, free age): 2 · ESF ski school · Ice rink, pool, rail sledge…: 1
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2.5 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 7 hr 26 · Nearest railway station: 44 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 3 · Nearest airport: 59 min
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?3 / 5
Bars and pubs: 2 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 9 · Upcoming events: 1 · Collective tourist beds: 103 — 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 · Adult day pass: €55 — 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.
Right now at the LA MONGIE_SAPC station (1,779 m)
Avalanche danger
7-day forecast
Village 1,472 m · top 1,950 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
Good snow from December to March: a long, reliable season.
☀️ Average daily sunshine : Nov 6.5 h · Dec 5.9 h · Jan 5.9 h · Feb 7.4 h · Mar 8.3 h · Apr 9.2 h — 24 bright days in April (Open-Meteo estimate, 2015-2025).
- November—no record
- December72 cmGood skiing · 93%
- January74 cmGood skiing · 82%
- February94 cmGood skiing · 90%
- March88 cmGood skiing · 93%
- April—no record
- May—no record
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
14 complete winters measured, from 1992-1993 to 2021-2022 — on average 105 days a winter with at least 30 cm on the ground.
- 1-15 Dec54 cmVariable · 71 %
- 16-31 Dec52 cmVariable · 78 %
- 1-15 Jan57 cmVariable · 78 %
- 16-31 Jan76 cmGood skiing · 91 %
- 1-15 Feb96 cmGood skiing · 87 %
- 16-29 Feb93 cmGood skiing · 88 %
- 1-15 Mar94 cmGood skiing · 82 %
- 16-31 Mar73 cmVariable · 74 %
- 1-15 Apr59 cmVariable · 65 %
- Best winter of the series
- 2013-2014 — 133 days at 30 cm or more
- Worst winter of the series
- 1992-1993 — 36 days at 30 cm or more
How much snow actually falls — 536 cm a winter on average, spread over 58 days of snowfall. Measured over 13 complete winters, from 1995-1996 to 2021-2022.
- Biggest 24-hour snowfall
- 99 cm — 2012-2013
- Snowiest winter
- 2012-2013 — 985 cm
- Leanest winter
- 1996-1997 — 342 cm
The ski area
Compare with another resort →36 pistes, by level — 22 km
- Skiable vertical
- 612 m (1,338 m → 1,950 m)
- Lifts
- 8 funiculars, 4 chairlifts, 5 drag lifts, 1 magic carpet
- Piste aspect
- N 39% · E 18% · S 5% · W 39% (descent direction of 25 OSM pistes, terrain model)
- Mountain restaurants
- Le Bastan (1738 m) · La Laquette (1717 m)
- Tourist office
- OFFICE DE TOURISME TOURMALET PIC DU MIDI · 3, allées Tournefort, 65200 · 0562955071 · [email protected] (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
- Piste map (PDF)
- plan-pistes-grand-tourmalet-2023-2024 (declared by the resort, ANMSM)
Resort data: declared by OFFICE DE TOURISME TOURMALET PIC DU MIDI and distributed by ANMSM · read on 18 September
Opening hours lift by lift (2)
| Lift | Type | Opens | Closes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPH Pic du Midi | — | 09:30 | 17:30 | resort’s own snow report |
| TPH Taoulet | — | 09:30 | 17:30 | resort’s own snow report |
Hours as published by the source quoted, read on 18 September 2026. A lift missing from this table has no published time — no default is shown.
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 (2026-2027) detail →
| Adult pass | Price |
|---|---|
| 1 day | €55 |
| 6 days | €294 |
| Season | €786 |
| Child, 1 day | €50 |
| Free | Free under 5 · free from 75 years |
Read on the official price list, full price, excluding promotions. Price list of the linked area, read on La Mongie. Official price list ↗
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.
Staying and hiring gear in Barèges
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (8) →Official players of the resort, live image. Checked on 18 September 2026.
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 Barèges
From Paris: 9 hr 25 (869 km) by road.
By road
- From Pau: 1 hr 31 · 82 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 48 · 219 km · via Lourdes station
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 32 · 292 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 38 · 415 km · via Lourdes station
- From Montpellier: 5 hr 06 · 449 km · via Lourdes station
From other major cities (15)
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 41 · 588 km · via Lourdes station
- From Marseille: 6 hr 46 · 612 km · via Lourdes station
- From Valence: 6 hr 56 · 647 km · via Lourdes station
- From Grenoble: 7 hr 38 · 707 km
- From Lyon: 7 hr 48 · 715 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 8 hr 06 · 626 km · via Lourdes station
- From Nice: 8 hr 09 · 739 km
- From Chambéry: 8 hr 23 · 766 km
- From Annecy: 8 hr 48 · 825 km
- From Genève: 9 hr 18 · 862 km
- From Dijon: 9 hr 21 · 852 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 25 · 869 km
- From Besançon: 9 hr 57 · 910 km
- From Nancy: 11 hr 28 · 1063 km
- From Strasbourg: 12 hr 20 · 1148 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Lourdes station
main station, high-speed trains · then 44 min drive (42 km)
- From Lourdes station (stop “LOURDES - Gare SNCF”): line 968 — LOURDES - LUZ (.liO 65), 1 hr 03 to the “BARÈGES - Place du Dr. Fourment” stop — 3 departures a day on weekdays, 3 a day at weekends · first 08:00, last 15:45 · timetable from 15 December 2026 to 15 April 2027 · official timetable ↗
Direct journeys read from the official timetable files published on transport.data.gouv.fr — no connections.
By plane
- Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées (LDE): 59 min by road · 54 km
- Pau-Pyrénées (PUF): 1 hr 37 by road · 91 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Barèges as the destination. Your starting point is never sent by us — the app asks you for it, if you agree.
Charging an electric car
3 charging stations within 2 km
4 charging points · up to 44 kW
- FR-S65-E65481-001-1 · Load Stations · 1 point · 22 kW · 1.4 km
- FR-S65-E65481-001-2 · Load Stations · 1 point · 22 kW · 1.4 km
- CU-SDE65-BAR1-65120-1 · Load Stations · 2 points · 44 kW · 1.9 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: Caoubère
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 Barèges — up to 1,330 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Laquette · Du Lienz et ou de Tournaboup | 1.2 · F | 550 m | 1,450 → 1,720 m | NE · W | 0.8 km |
| Allée Verte · Depuis Barèges | 2.2 · PD- | 340 m | 1,250 → 1,540 m | N | 0.8 km |
| Pic d'Ourdégon · Couloir E (du point coté 2395) | 3.1 | 950 m | 2,395 m | E | 1.2 km |
| Pène Blanque Pointe E · La diagonale du Lac d'Oncet | 5.1 · E3 · TD- | 1,330 m | 1,450 → 2,705 m | S | 1.5 km |
| Borne de Caoubère · Par le col de la Borne depuis Tournaboup | n/a · PD+ | 930 m | 1,450 → 2,355 m | S | 1.5 km |
| Col de la Borne de Caoubère · Couloir NE dit de la Borne depuis Tournaboup | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 900 m | 1,450 → 2,325 m | SW · NE | 1.5 km |
| Pic du Midi de Bigorre · Le bon, la brute et le truand | 5.3 · E4 · TD+ | 400 m | 1,350 → 2,870 m | NW · W · N | 1.5 km |
| Soum de la Piquette · Couloir du Doigt | 4.2 · E3 · D | 852 m | 1,450 → 2,302 m | E | 1.6 km |
| Soum de la Piquette · Couloir de gauche | n/a | 850 m | 1,452 → 2,302 m | NE | 1.6 km |
| Pène det Pouri · Traversée Tournaboup-Ortiac | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.6 km |
| Soum de la Piquette · Depuis Tournaboup | n/a · F | 400 m | 1,450 m | N · NE | 1.7 km |
| Pic d'Ayré · Depuis le Lienz | n/a · E1 · PD | 1,100 m | 1,330 → 2,422 m | N | 2.1 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
103 bed spaces in tourist residences, holiday villages and hostels
- 5 hotels · 58 rooms (3 × 3★, 1 × 2★)
- 1 holiday village or family centre · 103 bed spaces
- 1 campsite · 27 pitches
Commune: Barèges · 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
Point d'Information touristique de Barèges - Tourmalet
📍 Place Urbain Cazaux, 65120 Barèges
Ski school
ESF Bareges
40 instructors
🇬🇧 20 English-speaking instructors — lessons in English available
🗓️ This school sells its lessons online — book ↗
Source: esf.net
Days without skiing
- Cinema · Cinéma Le Refuge
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.
What's on around Barèges
All events →-
29 September 2026 · 09:00
IMPACT : le tour de France des solutions RSE
Forum de Luz-Saint-Sauveur · Luz-Saint-Sauveur
Événement La French Tech
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “La French Tech Pyrénées Adour” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Luz-Ardiden (5.1 km), Cauterets (9.2 km)
Events published on OpenAgenda by the agendas named above, kept when they take place within 10 km of the resort. We organise nothing: times, prices and cancellations are the organiser's.
Nearby resorts
Frequently asked questions
How high is Barèges?
Barèges sits at 1,472 m at village level, and its ski area rises to 1,950 m.
How many kilometres of pistes does Barèges have?
Barèges has 22 km of pistes served by 10 lifts, within the linked Grand Tourmalet area (OpenStreetMap survey).
What is the longest piste in Barèges?
The longest piste is Pourteilh: 3 km (black run), for 216 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 Barèges?
The highest lift, Pic du Midi 2, tops out at 2,856 m (IGN RGE ALTI terrain model). The 24 lifts mapped on OpenStreetMap total 20 km.
How much is a lift pass in Barèges?
The adult day pass costs €55 and the 6-day pass €294 (2026-2027, read on the official price list, shared with La Mongie).
How do I get to Barèges?
By road, Barèges is 1 hr 31 from Pau (82 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Lourdes (main station, high-speed trains), 44 min by road from the resort. From Lourdes station, line 968 — LOURDES - LUZ (.liO 65) reaches the “BARÈGES - Place du Dr. Fourment” stop in 1 hr 03, 3 departures a day on weekdays, 3 a day at weekends. The nearest airport is Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées, 59 min away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Barèges?
9 hr 25 for 869 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 Barèges?
Yes: good snow through most of the winter according to twenty winters of Météo-France measurements; in season the daily report prevails.
Is Barèges good for beginners and families?
75% of the pistes are green or blue: a very accessible area.
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