Cauterets france
Review of snowboarding and skiing in Cauterets France.
Cauterets Ski Holiday Facts
Established in ? the French ski resort Cauterets lies at 2450 metres altitude in the Pyrenees region of the French Pyrenees. With the highest lifts and ski slopes below 2500m Cauterets ski area is not snow sure. Over 11 snow cannons ensure artificial Cauterets snow making covers ?km of ski trails, which equates to around 7 of the ski slopes. The nearest airport transfer to Cauterets (France) is Lourdes at a distance of 30km or approximately ? minutes driving time. Cauterets ski season runs from December to April.
SNO-man says
Historic Pyrenéan spa town with a relatively new ski area located in a sunny bowl in the Cirque du lys. Après ski is mostly informal in hotels and bars. There are two discothèques and several first-rate restaurants.
alpine downhill runs to ski in Cauterets France
Beginner Trails
 5 runs ?km |
20% |
Intermediate Trails
 9 runs ?km |
36% |
Advanced Trails
 9 runs ?km |
36% |
Expert Trails
 2 runs 2km |
8% |
Cauterets Resort & Holiday Info
| Beginners learning to ski |  |
| Intermediate Skiers | |
| Expert Skiers | |
| Snowboarders | |
| Apres Ski | |
| Family friendly | |
| Snowsure | |
| Ambience | |
| Value for money | |
| Ski Pass Prices (adult 6 day) | €147.5 - €147.5 |
Traditional Ski Village / Purpose Built Ski Resort |
| Ski Resort Opens | Dec 2011 |
| Ski Resort Closes | Apr 2012 |
| (snow conditions often influence resort opening & closing) |
Ski Area Cauterets Mountain
| Downhill Ski Runs | 36km |
| total length of Cauterets trails |
| Longest lift serve Run | 6km |
| longest piste or trail reachable by ski lift |
| Ski Slope Orientation | ? |
| direction Cauterets ski areas face |
| Top Altitude | 2450m |
| top station of highest ski lift |
| Bottom Altitude | 1400m |
| bottom of lowest ski run |
| Resort Altitude | 900m |
| centre of Cauterets ski resort |
| Vertical Drop | 1100m |
| total descent from top lift to bottom piste |
| Skiable Vertical | ^v 1100m |
| can include extra hike up which may be possible above top lift - stat used by some resorts to con us about true "vertical drop" which is lift-served |
Skiing in Cauterets
Skiing Cauterets you'll enjoy 25 pistes and trails and that means approximately 36km of ski runs. Cauterets lifts number 16 with the capacity to uplift 8135 skiers up the mountain per hour. The longest ski run in the French ski resort of Cauterets is over 6km long.
Cauterets Ski Area
Cauterets ski area has 20% beginner ski runs or nursery slopes, 36% intermediate, 36% advanced ski slopes and 8% for expert skiers - the most difficult Cauterets piste is the ?km ? run, with a steepness/slope angle of ?%. You can't ski Cauterets after dark.
Cauterets for skiing gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Snowboarding in Cauterets
If you snowboard Cauterets you'll want to know that, of the 16 ski lifts in total, 10 are surface lifts or "drag lifts" - this gives a good indication of how modern the lift system is and well set up Cauterets snowboarding is - especially for beginners learning to snowboard. Cauterets snowboard facilities include 1 terrain parks and 0 half pipe (longest half pipe length is 0 metres), 0 quarter pipe and 0 boardercross courses.
Cauterets for snowboarding gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
Cauterets Apres Ski
The apres ski Cauterets scene and off-slope or "non-skier" activities include:
40 apres ski bars 40 restaurants 0 bowling 0 night club 2 cinema 0 billiards / pool 1 games room 0 concert 1 indoor swimming 9 outdoor heated pools 1 saunas 0 hot tubs 0 solariums 0 masseurs 1 indoor ice skating 0 outdoor ice skating 1 indoor sports centre 1 indoor tennis 1 squash racquetball 0 sleigh rides 0 ballooning 0 horse riding 7 prepare winter walks 0 climbing 0 golf 0 fishing 2 museum 0 library Plus these additional apres ski facilities Casino, Luge, Thermal Baths.
Cauterets for apres ski gets 3 stars out of 5 overall
More Cauterets Snow Ski Area and Resort Information
Cauterets resort - ski Cauterets by any other name
The French ski resort of Cauterets ski resort is also known as Cauterets, Cirque du Lys and has the following common misspellings:
Cauterets ski area has ski slopes which face ?
The direction which the various Cauterets ski slopes face can make or break your skiing or snowboarding holiday. If you want to guarantee good snow and ski conditions, you should choose a resort with ski slopes which face the right way for the time of year you're travelling.
- In the coldest winter months of January and February you need a ski resort with some sunny south facing ski slopes, so your days on the snow doesn't feel like a polar expedition. Conversely, in the warmest spring skiing months of March and especially April, a ski resort with some cool and shady north facing slopes will ensure you're not skiing on slush, but benefitting from best late season snow. The best ski resorts have ski areas and slopes which face in all directions so that you're guaranteed greating skiing whatever the weather. Cauterets ski resort has ski slopes facing ?.
Cauterets for snow gets 3 stars out of 5 overall