Bareges & La Mongie Ski Resort Guide
Bareges & La Mongie Ski Resort Guide
Bareges & La Mongie are part of the Grand Tourmalet ski resort, the biggest ski area in the French Pyrenees. The Grand Tourmalet has over 100km of pistes, 43 lifts (all main access lifts are high speed 6s') and extensive snow making capacity, offering skiers an incredible 1250 metres (4000 feet) of vertical descent. It is a very varied resort, Alpine in style and incorporating 5 different ski areas. There are accessible nursery slopes, long cruising blues and challenging red and black pistes. For expert skiers, the resort is also famed for its off-piste and has access to the Pic du Midi (2877m), an entirely un-pisted mountain that attracts world cup freeride competitions. There is a large terrain park with boarder cross, big air, bumps, rails and boxes. The nearest airports are at Pau 1.5 hrs and Ossun (Tarbes/Lourdes)45 min. Toulouse and Biarritz are within 2.5 hours by car and the nearest train station to Bareges & La Mongie is at Lourdes. Accommodation: The resort has two contrasting centres either side of the col du Tourmalet; La Mongie and Bareges. La Mongie is purpose built directly on the pistes with mostly self catering appartments but with a large selection of bars, restaurants & ski shops. Bareges is an authentic moutain village, with a fabulous thermal spa complex, friendly locals, two ski schools, and a good selection of services: cinema, bars, restaurants, 1,2 & 3* hotels and one of the only catered ski chalets in the Pyrenees.
Resorts close to Bareges & La Mongie include:
Luz Ardiden (10 km),
Gavarnie/Gèdre (13 km),
Cauterets (14 km),
Piau Engaly (15 km),
Saint Lary Soulan (23 km),
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Trails (Pistes): 69 |
Halfpipes: - |
| Summit: 2877 m |
Toplift: m |
| Beg: 40% Int: 55% Adv: 5% |
Terrain Parks: 2 |
| Vertical Drop: 1628 m |
X-Country: 31 km |
| Lifts: 43 (11 chair lifts, 32 surface lifts) |
Snowmaking: Yes |
| Gondolas / Cable Cars: 2 |
Slopeside accommodation: Y |
| Restaurants: 10 |
Acres of ski: 618 |
| Bars: 11 |
Nearest Airport: Pau/Ossun/Tarbes/Lourdes |
| Nearest Train: Lourdes |
Tourist Info Phone:: +33562926819, Bareges & La Mongie Tourist Office Website |
Visitor Reviews of Bareges & La Mongie
pierre from Afghanistan writes:
salut a tous j'habite a bareges et je peut vous dire que les gens ici sont hiper raciste surtout contre les espagnols , alors que l'hiver la moitier des skieur sont espagnols aller comprendre
pour vous monsieur les anglais les baregeois sont aussi racistes mais comme certaints habite bareges on vous le montre pas beaucoup d'hypocrisie
mes amitiers au espagnols et anglais
2011-02-20 |
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NEW!
Announcements & News from the Bareges & La Mongie ski resort manager
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- Season opens: 6 Dec 2011
- Season closes: 16 Apr 2012
30 Jan - 31 Jan 2012
Open Altitoy
International Ski touring competition in the Grand Tourmalet and Luz Ardiden
04 Feb - 05 Feb 2012
The 10 annual Telemark trophee day.
Races and ski tests for Telemark sking
24 March - 25 March 2012
Pic du Midi Derby.
The 3rd aniversary of the entirely crazy Off-piste Derby/Race (the race is officially part of the off-piste derby race series). Open to all categories - snowboard, télémark and monoski, this is a flat out charge down the 1500m of descent from the Pic du Midi observatory (2877m and on the Grande Tourmalet lift pass)...
During the school holidays
several ski testing days,
+ Happy hours Tourmalet-HO5 sur le Park des Etoiles : competitions and displays at the snow park with lots of prizes!
+ Night skiing at La Mongie (piste du Turon)
+ World Snowboard Day le 20/12/2010
On line ski pass booking (with 5% reduction on prices) now available through the official resort website: http://www.n-py.com/accueil/les-stations-n-py/domaine-du-tourmalet.aspx/
Information supplied 5 Dec 2011
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