Gavarnie, Hautes-Pyrénées · France · ski area
Gavarnie-Gèdre ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Gavarnie-Gèdre is a ski area in Gavarnie, Hautes-Pyrénées, France with 21 km of mapped downhill runs and 8 lifts, between 1,818 m and 2,282 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 21 km
- Lifts
- 8
- Top elevation
- 2,282 m
- Vertical drop
- 464 m
- Nearest airport
- LDE · 51 km
Slopes by difficulty
30 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 5 Button lifts
- 2 Chairlifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Gavarnie-Gèdre is a ski area in Gavarnie, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. Its 30 mapped downhill runs add up to 21 km, which ranks it #101 of 333 ski areas in France and gives it 0.2% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 695 m long.
Slopes at Gavarnie-Gèdre
About 66% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 22% intermediate and 11% advanced or expert, which makes Gavarnie-Gèdre a good choice for beginners and families.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 8 lifts: 5 button lifts, 2 chairlifts, 1 magic carpet. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 1,818 m up to 2,282 m, a vertical drop of 464 m. The high top station usually means reliable snow well into spring.
Getting to Gavarnie-Gèdre
The nearest airport is Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées Airport (LDE), about 51 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 6 min by car; Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) is 79 km away. Nearby ski areas include Cauterets Pont d'Espagne (2.9 km), Piau-Engaly (32.1 km), Luz-Ardiden (24.7 km) and Cauterets Cirque du Lys (25.1 km), which together add 211 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Gavarnie-Gèdre
- 1 LDE51 kmstraight line
- 2 PUF79 kmstraight line
- 3 ILD120 kmstraight line
- 4Pirineus - la Seu d'Urgel AirportLEU126 kmstraight line
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Nearby
Ski resorts near Gavarnie-Gèdre
- 17 kmCauterets Pont d'Espagne2.9 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 1,745 m
- 17 kmPiau-Engaly32 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 2,526 m
- 18 kmLuz-Ardiden25 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 2,485 m
- 19 kmPanticosaSpain19 km of slopes · 15 lifts · up to 2,202 m
- 20 kmCauterets Cirque du Lys25 km of slopes · 9 lifts · up to 2,419 m
- 25 kmGrand Tourmalet54 km of slopes · 29 lifts · up to 2,463 m
- 26 kmSaint-Lary72 km of slopes · 27 lifts · up to 2,461 m
- 28 kmHautacam9.6 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 1,726 m
- 31 kmFormigalSpain104 km of slopes · 25 lifts · up to 2,263 m
- 31 kmSaint Lary-SoulanSmall ski area
- 33 kmEspace Nordique du Val d'Azun1 lift · up to 1,388 m
- 34 kmArtouste7.9 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 2,037 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.