Abriès
About the area
Queyras – Haut-Guil above Abriès is a small area in the French Southern Alps with 25 km of marked pistes, and the balance leans clearly to red: 16 km of red against 6 km of blue. That makes it a place for confident intermediates. Beginners get by with caveats — only 26% of the pistes (7 km) are green or blue, but there is a magic carpet for first steps and four short easy runs next to a lift base. Families should note that this single carpet is the only very gentle lift. Experts should look elsewhere: just 2 km, 10%, is black or harder, and the longest single descent drops 519 m.
Eight lifts serve the slopes — six platters, one chair lift and one magic carpet — so expect a lot of surface-lift skiing. The terrain runs from 1,549 m to 2,399 m, with the longest run measuring 2,436 m. There are also 22 km of cross-country trails.
At a glance
- Pistes
- 26 km
- Lifts
- 8
- Altitude
- 1549–2399 m
- Vertical
- 850 m
- Runs
- 37
- Longest run
- 2.4 km
- Biggest vertical on one run
- 519 m
- Cross-country
- 22 km
- Magic carpets
- 1
- Nursery runs at lift bases
- 4
Measured on OpenStreetMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via OpenSkiMap. Computed 2026-09-09. Official figures may differ.
Official sitePistes by difficulty
- Green0.5 km
- Blue6.4 km
- Red16.6 km
- Black1.9 km
- Black (expert)0.6 km
Lifts by type
- 6Button lift
- 1Chairlift
- 1Magic carpet
Who should come here
Who should come here
Computed from the terrain itself — not a house opinion.
Beginners
with caveats
- · 26% of pistes are green/blue (7 km)
- · 10% are black/expert/freeride
- · 1 magic carpet for first steps
- · 4 short easy runs next to a lift base
Families
with caveats
- · 1 magic carpet
- · a base right at the lifts
Experts
not really
- · 2 km black/expert/freeride (10%)
- · longest vertical on one run 519 m
Best forintermediatescross country
Where to stay
Villages and towns with lifts to this area, and cheaper towns down the valley.
Cheaper, down the valley
Real towns with beds, food and shops, close enough to ski from.