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Piau Engaly resort profile

Occitanie · France · 1765–2528 m

Altitude1765-2528 m
Vertical drop763 m
Slopes33 km
Lifts9

Piau Engaly, Occitanie

Resort overview
Altitude1400 m
RegionPyrenees
CountryFrance

Piau Engaly ski area

Piau Engaly is part of this ski area.

Terrain and lift totals on this page refer to the complete ski area rather than only the resort centre.

Vertical drop1765 - 2528 meters
Descent763 meters

Piau Engaly ski area overview

Scale and terrain across the full ski area, not only Piau Engaly.

This profile covers the Piau Engaly ski area. Across the full ski area, the profile combines 33 km of slopes, 1765-2528 m altitude, 9 lifts. Beginner terrain is the largest difficulty share at about 55%.

Ski areaAltitude range1765–2528 m97% confidenceSki areaTerrain mix33 km slopes97% confidenceSki areaLift network9 lifts97% confidence
Compact ski areaHigh-altitude terrainBeginner focus
Ski-area scale 33 km. A compact network is practical for short stays and straightforward navigation.
Terrain character The terrain is clearly weighted toward beginner skiing. The largest share is about 55%.

Altitude, access and value

Vertical range, lift access and terrain value.

Useful upper altitude
Altitude resilience The upper mountain has a useful altitude advantage in warm or marginal snow periods.
Lift infrastructure About 3.7 slope km per lift indicates a broadly balanced lift-to-terrain ratio. Published hourly capacity is 13,150 persons, about 1461 persons/hour per lift and 398 per slope kilometre. The lift system totals 6.3 km, averaging about 0.7 km of lift line per lift.

Ski slopes

Terrain size and difficulty distribution across Piau Engaly.

This ski area is clearly oriented toward beginner skiers. The displayed kilometre shares describe the full ski area rather than only the current resort base.

Beginner terrain focus
Slopes23 ski slopes
Total33 km
  • Blue18 km
  • Red11 km
  • Black4 km
Blue18 km55%
Red11 km33%
Black4 km12%
Ski routes7 km

Ski lifts

Lift mix, access density and published capacity across Piau Engaly.

The ski area has 9 lifts. Chairlift is the largest published category at 4. Chairlifts and gondolas account for about 50% of the published lift-type breakdown. Type is not published for 1 lifts. The network provides about 3.7 slope km per lift.

Chairlift 4
Rope tow / baby lift 1
T-bar / platter 3
Type not published 1
Total lifts9
Lift capacity 13,150 persons/hour
Lift length6.3 km

Ski pass

Published ticket prices and terrain-adjusted value.

The adult day pass has a mid-range cost relative to the published slope network.

Mid-range terrain cost
TicketPricePrice/km
Daycard adult€44€1.33/km
6-day adult€238€7.21/km
Daycard child€38.50€1.17/km
6-day child€208€6.30/km

Ski resort ratings for Piau Engaly compared to the site-wide resort benchmark. Open the ratings page to choose a different benchmark group. Based on 3 visitor reviews, with third-party overall rating evidence incorporated.

Overall rating 7.1
All resorts 6.2
Family friendly 8.8
All resorts 7.8
Beginner n.a. 7.6
Advanced n.a. 7.7
Expert n.a. 7.1
Free-nature 7.8 6.9 ▲
Snow n.a. 7.6
Family 8.8 7.8 ▲
Après-ski 5.9 6.7 ▼
Nature n.a. 7.7
Hiking n.a. 7
Lifts 6.4 7.2 ▼

No visitor review is available for Piau Engaly yet.

Address

AddressOffice de tourisme de Piau-Engaly SEML Piau-Engaly Station Piau Engaly 65170 Aragnouet France
PlacePiau Engaly Occitanie France

Contact

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Structurally, piau-engaly behaves like a family progression base.

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