Besse-Et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme · France · ski area
Super Besse ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Super Besse is a ski area in Besse-Et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, France with 58 km of mapped downhill runs and 37 lifts, between 1,225 m and 1,831 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 58 km
- Lifts
- 37
- Top elevation
- 1,831 m
- Vertical drop
- 606 m
- Cross-country
- 6.0 km
- Nearest airport
- CFE · 39 km
Slopes by difficulty
119 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the European piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 20 Button lifts
- 7 Chairlifts
- 6 Magic carpets
- 2 Drag lifts
- 1 Gondolas
- 1 Cable cars
Super Besse is a ski area in Besse-Et-Saint-Anastaise, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Its 119 mapped downhill runs add up to 58 km, which ranks it #40 of 333 ski areas in France and gives it 0.6% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 488 m long.
Slopes at Super Besse
About 65% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 24% intermediate and 11% advanced or expert, which makes Super Besse a good choice for beginners and families.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 37 lifts: 20 button lifts, 7 chairlifts, 6 magic carpets, 2 drag lifts, 1 gondola, 1 cable car. Most uphill transport is by surface lifts (T-bars, button lifts and tows). Skiing runs from 1,225 m up to 1,831 m, a vertical drop of 606 m. Cross-country skiers get 6.0 km of nordic trails.
Getting to Super Besse
The nearest airport is Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne airport (CFE), about 39 km away in a straight line — roughly 51 minutes by car; Aurillac airport (AUR) is 77 km away. Nearby ski areas include Chastreix-Sancy (13.0 km), Pertuyzat-Montchal, Domaine Nordique de Guéry and Domaine Nordique de Pessade, which together add 58 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Super Besse
- 1 CFE39 kmstraight line
- 2 AUR77 kmstraight line
- 3 BVE119 kmstraight line
- 4 RDZ126 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Super Besse
- 5 kmChastreix-Sancy13 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 1,708 m
- 6 kmPertuyzat-Montchalup to 1,376 m
- 12 kmDomaine Nordique de Guéryup to 1,480 m
- 13 kmDomaine Nordique de Pessadeup to 1,450 m
- 49 kmLe Lioran45 km of slopes · 19 lifts · up to 1,822 m
- 54 kmCol de Légalup to 1,332 m
- 77 kmChalmazel9.2 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 1,591 m
- 80 kmPrabouré4.6 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,385 m
- 92 kmLa Loge des Gardes2.4 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 1,159 m
- 94 kmLaguiole8.5 km of slopes · 10 lifts · up to 1,398 m
- 101 kmBaraque des Bouviersup to 1,484 m
- 105 kmStation de Ski de Brameloup6.2 km of slopes · 5 lifts · up to 1,382 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.