The Super-Besse ski area

Super-Besse has 40 km of pistes, 22 lifts carrying 20,450 people an hour, 500 m of vertical, from 1,350 m to 1,850 m. 6 green runs, 12 blue, 9 red and 5 black.

Super-Besse is a ski resort in the Massif Central (Puy-de-Dôme), in the commune of Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise. The village sits at 1,300 m and the ski area rises to 1,850 m, a skiable vertical of 500 m.

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Runs by level

32 runs over 40 km:

6 green 12 blue 9 red 5 black

Vertical drop: 500 m — from 1,350 m to 1,850 m
Slope aspect: 54 % east · 26 % south · 12 % north · 8 % west — computed from the fall line of 69 runs
Night skiing: 14 floodlit runs

As declared by the resort(ANMSM feed)

Ski area: Super Besse
Linked area: Domaine relié Le Mont-Dore/Super-Besse
Lifts: 1 gondolas · 5 chairlifts · 12 drag lifts · 2 conveyors
Altitude: 1,349 m → 1,800 m (resort base 1,300 m)
Snowmaking: 70 % of pistes
Beginners: Beginner zone
Fun & sledging: 4 sledge runs · fun zone
Nordic: Besse SuperBesse
Passes (as declared): Child, 1 day (resort pass) €30.40 · Child, 2 days (resort pass) €57.90 · Child, 6 days (resort pass) €163.90 · Adult, 1 day (resort pass) €42.77 · Adult, 2 days (resort pass) €81.60 · Adult, 6 days (resort pass) €231.60 · Senior, 1 day (resort pass) €37.20 · Senior, 2 days (resort pass) €71.10 (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 — Bois Joli (green), 224 m of vertical

464 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 1,768 → 1,304 m, 3 km

2,005 mHighest lift top — Perce Neige (chairlift), national lift register

20,450Total lift capacity, people per hour — 22 installations: 1 gondola, 4 chairlifts, 12 drag lifts, 5 magic carpets

32 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1965, newest 2017

3,000Biggest lift, people per hour — Funitel de la perdrix (double monocable gondola, 2008)

27 kmTotal length of lifts — 38 lifts mapped

551 haSki area boundary (OSM)

1,442Inhabitants — Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise (INSEE 63038)

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 Super-Besse only (“SUPER BESSE”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

22 lifts , carrying 20,450 people an hour in total , 32 years old on average (from 1965 to 2017).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télécabines	1	3,000
Télésièges	4	8,220
Téléskis	12	9,230
Tapis roulants	5	—

Lift by lift

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

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
Funitel de la perdrix	Télécabine double monocâble	3,000	2024 m	478 m	2008	POMAGALSKI
Perce Neige	Télésiège	2,220	1473 m	287 m	1998	POMAGALSKI
La Falaise	Télésiège débrayable	2,000	888 m	225 m	2015	POMAGALSKI
Bois du loup	Télésiège	2,000	680 m	117 m	2010	POMAGALSKI
Plaine des Moutons	Télésiège	2,000	597 m	136 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
COL DE COUHAY	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	636 m	94 m	2006	G.M.M.
DES DEBUTANTS	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	124 m	13 m	1981	MONTAZ MAUTINO
BLEUE	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	325 m	60 m	1965	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LAC II	Téléski à perche débrayable	840	396 m	55 m	1979	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LA BERGERIE	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	520 m	104 m	1989	POMAGALSKI
PERDRIX 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1055 m	230 m	1980	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PAILLARET 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	915 m	175 m	1979	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PAILLARET 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	915 m	175 m	1979	MONTAZ MAUTINO
PERDRIX 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	1055 m	230 m	1969	MONTAZ MAUTINO
LAC I	Téléski à perche débrayable	620	444 m	61 m	1972	POMAGALSKI
BICHE 2	Téléski à perche débrayable	570	1058 m	242 m	1980	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Crx de Madalet 1	Téléski à perche débrayable	500	1013 m	241 m	1983	MONTAZ MAUTINO
Tapis Patinoire	Tapis roulant	—	252 m	35 m	2017	TUSA (IDM)
Tapis Piou Piou 2	Tapis roulant	—	33 m	2 m	2017	TUSA (IDM)
Lou Madeliot	Tapis roulant	—	80 m	4 m	2012	MEB (IDM)

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “SUPER BESSE” · open the database. Safety register: it also counts lifts that do not run every day.

Official piste map

Open the piste map (image, 239 KB) ↗

Published by Super-Besse (resort operator) · file dated 5 April 2025 · link checked on 10 October 2026 · official page

Link to the resort’s own file — a piste map is a copyrighted artwork, we host no copy.

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