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Hautacam resort profile

Occitanie · France · 1494–1733 m

Altitude1494-1733 m
Vertical drop239 m
Slopes4 km
Lifts7

Hautacam, Occitanie

Resort overview
Altitude1500 m
RegionPyrenees
CountryFrance

Hautacam ski area

Hautacam 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 drop1494 - 1733 meters
Descent239 meters

Hautacam ski area overview

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

This profile covers the Hautacam ski area. Across the full ski area, the profile combines 4 km of slopes, 1494-1733 m altitude, 7 lifts. Beginner terrain is the largest difficulty share at about 85%.

Ski areaAltitude range1494–1733 m97% confidenceSki areaTerrain mix4 km slopes97% confidenceSki areaLift network7 lifts97% confidence
Compact ski areaBeginner focusDense lift network
Ski-area scale 4 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 85%.

Altitude, access and value

Vertical range, lift access and terrain value.

Lower-elevation sensitivityLimited vertical rangeDense lift accessHigh published capacity
Altitude resilience Snow reliability is likely to depend more strongly on aspect, weather cycles and snowmaking than on extreme altitude.
Lift infrastructure About 0.6 slope km per lift indicates a relatively dense access network. Published hourly capacity is 2,810 persons, about 401 persons/hour per lift and 703 per slope kilometre. The lift system totals 0.8 km, averaging about 0.1 km of lift line per lift.

Ski slopes

Terrain size and difficulty distribution across Hautacam.

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
Slopes20 ski slopes
Total4 km
  • Blue3.4 km
  • Red0.6 km
Blue3.4 km85%
Red0.6 km15%

Ski lifts

Lift mix, access density and published capacity across Hautacam.

The ski area has 7 lifts. T-bar / platter is the largest published category at 2. Chairlifts and gondolas account for about 0% of the published lift-type breakdown. Type is not published for 5 lifts. The network provides about 0.6 slope km per lift.

Dense terrain accessHigh published capacity
T-bar / platter 2
Type not published 5
Total lifts7
Lift capacity 2,810 persons/hour
Lift length0.8 km

Ski pass

Published ticket prices and terrain-adjusted value.

The adult day pass has a higher cost per published slope kilometre; location, infrastructure and convenience may be more important than terrain scale alone.

Higher terrain cost
TicketPricePrice/km
Daycard adult€24.50€6.13/km
6-day adult€102€25.50/km
Daycard child€20.50€5.13/km
6-day child€82€20.50/km

The overall rating for Hautacam currently uses third-party overall rating evidence. No SkiWeather visitor review has been counted yet.

Overall rating 6
All resorts 6.2
Beginner n.a. 7.6
Advanced n.a. 7.7
Expert n.a. 7.1
Free-nature n.a. 6.9
Snow n.a. 7.6
Family n.a. 7.8
Après-ski n.a. 6.7
Nature n.a. 7.7
Hiking n.a. 7
Lifts n.a. 7.2

No visitor review is available for Hautacam yet.

Address

AddressOffice de Tourisme dArgeles-Gazost 15, place de la Republique 65400 Argeles-Gazost France
PlaceHautacam Occitanie France

Contact

Location

Resort profile

What makes this resort different

Family progression base

Mountain character

Hautacam is best understood as a family progression base: easier terrain, moderate gradients and usable access make progression the strongest structural story.

85% blue pistes

0% black pistes

The trade-off

Progression-focused trips where easier and moderate terrain form a large part of the usable mountain.

Advanced skiers seeking a strongly technical profile may find the terrain mix less distinctive.

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