Grand Tourmalet

Beginners: yesFamilies: yesExperts: not really

About the area

Grand Tourmalet in the French Pyrenees offers about 53 km of pistes, and 68% of them (37 km) are green or blue, so the balance clearly favours beginners and steady intermediates. There are 22 short easy runs right next to a lift base, plus 3 magic carpets for first turns, which makes the area workable for families with small children. Experts get less: only 13% of the terrain is black, expert or freeride (7 km), with 2 km marked freeride and a maximum vertical on a single run of 528 m.

The 38 lifts include 14 chairlifts and 3 gondolas or cable cars, useful when loading a chairlift with young kids is awkward. Skiing runs between 1,458 m and 2,463 m, so the upper slopes hold snow better than the base. The longest run measures 2,779 m.

At a glance

Pistes
54 km · official 100
Lifts
38 · official 28
Altitude
1458–2463 m
Vertical
1005 m
Runs
78
Longest run
2.8 km
Biggest vertical on one run
528 m
Magic carpets
3
Gondolas & cable cars
3
Bubble/heated lifts
3
Nursery runs at lift bases
22

Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.

Official site

Pistes by difficulty

  • Green6.5 km
  • Blue30.2 km
  • Red10.2 km
  • Black5.1 km
  • Freeride1.8 km

Lifts by type

  • 14Chairlift
  • 8Funicular
  • 5Button lift
  • 5Drag lift
  • 3Cable car
  • 3Magic carpet

Official facts

Read on the resort's official pages; each value links to its source.

Official piste km · 2026/27
100
Official lift count · 2026/27
28
Official piste map · 2026/27
PDF / map
6-day pass (adult) · 2026/27
294 EUR
Day pass (adult) · 2025/26
53 EUR
Season closes · 2026/27
2027-03-29
Season opens · 2026/27
2026-12-05

Who should come here

Who should come here

Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.

Beginners

yes

  • · 68% of pistes are green/blue (37 km)
  • · 13% are black/expert/freeride
  • · 3 magic carpets for first steps
  • · 22 short easy runs next to a lift base

Families

yes

  • · 3 magic carpets
  • · 3 gondola/cable-car lifts (no chairlift loading for small kids)
  • · a base right at the lifts

Experts

not really

  • · 7 km black/expert/freeride (13%)
  • · longest vertical on one run 528 m
  • · 2 km marked freeride

Best forbeginnersfamiliesintermediates

Where to stay

Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.

At the lifts

Cheaper, down the valley

Real towns with beds, food and shops, close enough to ski from.