Val d'Azun
The resort of Val d’Azun is a winter sports resort in the Pyrenees located in the département of Hautes-Pyrénées in the Occitanie region, in the Lavedan.
Translated from the French Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), machine translation.
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?n/a
Not rated: “top of the ski area” is missing from this page.
- Ski areaIs there enough to ski all week?n/a
Not rated: “km of pistes at the resort” is missing from this page.
- 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?n/a
Not rated: “share of green and blue pistes” is missing from this page.
- AccessIs it easy to get to?2 / 5
Average drive time from 20 major cities: 7 hr 23 · Nearest railway station: 35 min · Station-to-resort shuttles per day: 0 · Nearest airport: 49 min
- Atmosphere and après-skiIs there life in the evening and off the slopes?1.5 / 5
Bars and pubs: 0 · Nightclubs: 0 · Restaurants: 3 · Upcoming events: 1 · 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 (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 1,370 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.
Measured snow history: not available for this resort. No Météo-France station close enough (the 1 nearby station sits more than 300 m away from the altitude we aim for (1370 m)). We would rather show nothing than borrow a distant valley’s reading.
The ski area
Compare with another resort →- Lifts
- 2 magic carpets
- Cross-country skiing
- 10 named trails — 95 km of marked loops (28 km of distinct track: the loops overlap), right by the resortOpenStreetMap, lengths measured on the geometry, surveyed on 12 September 2026. A trail with no difficulty tag is shown as "n/a" — never guessed.
See the trails(10)
Trail Level Length La Traversée difficult 37 km La Panoramique intermediate 15 km La Belle Bleue easy 11 km Les 3 Cols intermediate 8.6 km La Serpentine intermediate 7.5 km La Cabane easy 5.7 km La conviviale easy 3.1 km Les Sapins very easy 2.7 km La Sereine very easy 2.6 km La Débutante very easy 1.5 km - Without skis
- 0 km of snowshoe and walking trails
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 OpenStreetMap (altitudes: IGN RGE ALTI), not taken from the brochure. The vertical above is that of one piste, not of the whole ski area.
Source: national register of mechanical lifts (STRMTG, CAIRN), fleet as of 1 January 2025 — lifts attributed to Val d'Azun only (“VAL D'AZUN”), magic carpets included.
Staying and hiring gear in Val d'Azun
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Stay & accommodation
Live webcams
All webcams (1) →Official players of the resort, live image.
Getting to Val d'Azun
From Paris: 9 hr 15 (857 km) by road.
By road
- From Pau: 1 hr 21 · 70 km
- From Toulouse: 2 hr 38 · 207 km
- From Bordeaux: 3 hr 23 · 280 km
- From Perpignan: 4 hr 28 · 402 km
- From Montpellier: 4 hr 55 · 437 km
From other major cities (15)
- From Clermont-Ferrand: 6 hr 30 · 576 km
- From Marseille: 6 hr 36 · 600 km
- From Valence: 6 hr 45 · 635 km
- From Grenoble: 7 hr 42 · 726 km
- From Lyon: 7 hr 53 · 734 km
- From Saint-Étienne: 7 hr 56 · 613 km
- From Nice: 8 hr 13 · 758 km
- From Chambéry: 8 hr 27 · 785 km
- From Annecy: 8 hr 52 · 844 km
- From Paris: 9 hr 15 · 857 km
- From Genève: 9 hr 22 · 882 km
- From Dijon: 9 hr 25 · 871 km
- From Besançon: 10 hr 01 · 930 km
- From Nancy: 11 hr 32 · 1082 km
- From Strasbourg: 12 hr 25 · 1168 km
Excluding traffic and winter conditions; passes closed in winter are avoided.
By train
Lourdes station
main station, high-speed trains · then 35 min drive (29 km)
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): 49 min by road · 41 km
- Pau-Pyrénées (PUF): 1 hr 28 by road · 79 km
Take me there
These links open the app with Val d'Azun 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 September 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 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.
Ski touring routes described
Resorts for ski touring →12 ski touring routes documented within 10 km of Val d'Azun — up to 1,030 m of climb.
| Summit and route | Ski grade | Climb | Altitude | Aspect | From resort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pic de Bazès · Couloir N, depuis le col de Couraduque | 4.3 · E2 · AD- | 660 m | 1,250 → 1,804 m | N | 1 km |
| Pic de Bazès · En boucle depuis le gîte de Haugarou | 2.2 · E1 · PD | 574 m | 1,215 → 1,804 m | NE · N · E · SE | 1.9 km |
| Pic de Bazès · Couloir SW des Palanquettes | 4.3 · E2 · D | 700 m | 1,367 → 1,804 m | SW | 2.1 km |
| Soum de la Péne · Depuis Gaillagos | 2.1 · E1 · F+ | 700 m | 917 → 1,616 m | S | 2.5 km |
| Soum de Laya · Par col de Liar | n/a · E1 · F | 680 m | 900 → 1,579 m | S | 3.1 km |
| Soum de Granquet · Depuis la piste du Bergons | 3.1 · E1 · AD- | 1,030 m | 1,060 → 1,881 m | SE | 3.6 km |
| Soum du Clots · Combe SSE depuis la piste de Campla | 2.1 · E1 · PD | 700 m | 1,205 → 1,874 m | S · SE | 3.6 km |
| Col de Soum · Le Chemin des Facteurs | 1.3 · E1 · F+ | 850 m | 769 → 1,532 m | W · NW · SE · E | 3.9 km |
| Soum de las Escures · depuis la piste du Bergons | n/a · PD | 800 m | 1,068 → 1,847 m | SE | 4.4 km |
| Soum de las Escures · Diagonale méridionale | 4.3 · E2 · D+ | 800 m | 1,068 → 1,847 m | SE | 4.6 km |
| Soum de Conques · Depuis le Bergons | 2.3 · E1 · PD | 800 m | 1,068 → 1,759 m | S · SW · W | 5.2 km |
| Soum d'Andorre · Par le Col d'Alhès | n/a · F | 850 m | 870 → 1,683 m | S | 5.4 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
- 1 hotel · 42 rooms (1 × 3★)
- 2 campsites · 138 pitches
Commune: Aucun · 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 du Val d'Azun - Maison du Val d'Azun
📍 1 Place du Val d'Azun, 65400 Arrens-Marsous
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 Val d'Azun
All events →-
15 October 2026 – 31 October 2026
Exposition "Architectures d'Altitude"
Maison de la Montagne · Argelès-Gazost
De l’abri de berger au refuge contemporain, l’architecture de montagne n’a cessé d’évoluer pour s’adapter à son environnement et aux usages. À travers une sélection de photographies, l’exposition la…
Source: OpenAgenda, agenda “Plan Libre, la gazette” · View on OpenAgenda ↗
Also near: Hautacam (8.4 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.
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Frequently asked questions
How high is Val d'Azun?
Val d'Azun sits at 1,370 m at village level.
How many lifts does Val d'Azun have, and what is their capacity?
The French national register of mechanical lifts records 2 installations at Val d'Azun (2 magic carpets), for an authorised capacity of 1,260 people per hour, of which 630 for Nordik Park Couraduque alone. The fleet spans 2010 to 2010, an average age of 15 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 Val d'Azun?
By road, Val d'Azun is 1 hr 21 from Pau (70 km), excluding traffic and winter conditions. By train, the nearest station is Lourdes (main station, high-speed trains), 35 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, 49 min away.
How long is the drive from Paris to Val d'Azun?
9 hr 15 for 857 km from central Paris, excluding traffic and winter conditions. Computed on the real road network (OpenStreetMap): allow more on a school-holiday Saturday.
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