The Val-Louron ski area

Val-Louron has 16 km of pistes, 11 lifts carrying 9,114 people an hour, 630 m of vertical, from 1,425 m to 2,055 m. 7 green runs, 5 blue, 11 red and 2 black.

Val-Louron is a ski resort in the Pyrenees (Hautes-Pyrénées), in the commune of Adervielle-Pouchergues. The village sits at 1,451 m and the ski area rises to 2,055 m, a skiable vertical of 630 m.

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Runs by level

25 runs over 16 km:

7 green 5 blue 11 red 2 black

Vertical drop: 630 m — from 1,425 m to 2,055 m
Slope aspect: 68 % north · 32 % east — computed from the fall line of 23 runs

The ski area in figures

Measured on 9 September 2026

2 kmLongest piste — Tuco (blue), 468 m of vertical

555 mBiggest vertical without changing piste — 2,068 → 1,512 m, 2 km

2,058 mHighest lift top — Ardounes (platter lift), national lift register

9,114Total lift capacity, people per hour — 11 installations: 3 chairlifts, 6 drag lifts, 2 magic carpets

39 yrsAverage age of the lift fleet — oldest 1975, newest 2015

1,490Biggest lift, people per hour — Sapins (chairlift, 2015)

9 kmTotal length of lifts — 11 lifts mapped

218 haSki area boundary (OSM)

142Inhabitants — Adervielle-Pouchergues (INSEE 65003)

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 Val-Louron only (“VAL LOURON”), magic carpets included.

The lifts

11 lifts , carrying 9,114 people an hour in total , 39 years old on average (from 1975 to 2015).

Type (as registered, in French)	Count	Capacity (people/h)
Télésièges	3	3,080
Téléskis	6	4,855
Tapis roulants	2	1,179

Lift by lift

The 11 lifts whose capacity the register publishes, largest first.

Lift	Type	Capacity	Length	Vertical	Year	Manufacturer
SAPINS	Télésiège	1,490	575 m	86 m	2015	POMAGALSKI
MYRTILLES	Télésiège	1,100	1330 m	467 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
CIMES	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	509 m	142 m	1979	POMAGALSKI
BRUYERES	Téléski à perche débrayable	900	862 m	308 m	1975	POMAGALSKI
ARDOUNES	Téléski à perche débrayable	870	682 m	168 m	1976	POMAGALSKI
TUCO	Téléski à perche débrayable	800	674 m	165 m	1976	POMAGALSKI
COL	Téléski à perche débrayable	700	584 m	241 m	1976	POMAGALSKI
SOURCES	Téléski à perche débrayable	685	507 m	183 m	1978	POMAGALSKI
TROUNQUET	Tapis roulant	630	138 m	14 m	2007	MEB (IDM)
PIOU PIOU ESF	Tapis roulant	549	30 m	1 m	2010	SUNKID
ROCHERS	Télésiège	490	394 m	107 m	1978	POMAGALSKI

French national lift register (STRMTG / CAIRN database) — listed as “VAL LOURON” · 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.