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Northern Hemisphere Weekly Snow News #329
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Grand Tourmalet-Bareges/La Mongie at 2500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 1 pm (local time) / 27 Aug 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Light rain (total 3.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 11°C on Sun morning, min 4°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Thu night, calm by Fri night). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Mostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
Thu 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 31 | Tuesday 1 | ||||||||||||
PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
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rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 10 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
min °C | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
chill °C | 6 | -1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Humid % | 65 | 75 | 39 | 66 | 40 | 47 | 59 | 61 | 49 | 59 | 71 | 62 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 72 | 64 |
Freeze m | 3850 | 3150 | 3250 | 3250 | 3950 | 4000 | 4000 | 4200 | 4200 | 4200 | 4200 | 4200 | 4350 | 4350 | 4150 | 4150 | 4250 |
 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — |
 | — | 8:43 | — | — | 8:42 | — | — | 8:39 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:37 | — | — | 8:35 |
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Grand Tourmalet-Bareges/La Mongie Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 0 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | 0 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 15 May 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in France are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 4 of August has on average:
0.1 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Photos of Grand Tourmalet-Bareges/La Mongie
Family gathering on the top by Rob Mason
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Blue run down to the ski car park - Bastan by Rob Mason
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Grand Tourmalet-Bareges/La Mongie at the specific elevation of 2500 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Grand Tourmalet-Bareges/La Mongie. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of France.
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Resort name is also written as Bareges & La Mongie.
Visitor Reviews of Grand Tourmalet-Bareges/La Mongie
Overall 3.5 Based on 39 votes and 40 reviews
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- Steve Webster from United Kingdom writes:
Bareges/La Mongie is now known as "Le Grand Tourmalet". Bareges was one of the earliest ski resorts in France, dating from the 1930's, but is now quite low by modern day standards. La Mongie, at 1850m, is much higher and the snow markedly better. I flew Ryanair, from Stansted to Lourdes, early on a Saturday morning, carrying full ski kit incl boots, skis, av kit etc.. After a surprisingly pleasant flight (I'm not a fan), we were met on arrival by Stef (the male part of the chalet partnership in which we were staying), and less than an hour later were at our base for the week: Chalet Tourmalet. As its name suggests, it is on the Col du Tourmalet, one of the most famous climbs on the Tour de France. Stef reckoned that we could have been on the slopes by 11am! (A feat I've only ever achieved in the Alps at Cham or PdS when flying the same day.) The skiing? Well? First thing to say is that the snow wasn't brilliant. But? That was more a function of the strange weather system that had freezing levels over 3000m across both Pyrenees and Alps, than any particular local phenomenon. The pistes were in good condition and it is clear the resort is making big efforts to "up their game", with new lifts, runs and snow making. I skied precious little off-piste, but the potential is awesome! The resort has some easily accessible pitches for novice off-pisters and really great treks for the true powder hound! The signature mountain of the area, Pic du Midi. has ski de Haute Montagne that rivals better known gnarly spots such as La Grave and Meiji.... My accommodation was truly excellent! Carolyn & Stef were fantastic hosts! Superb food, excellent evenings, clean and comfortable surroundings, and I was even introduced to the RN version of Ludo! (Never having played Ludo, I was amazed at how competitive "Uckers" was!) Ryanair fly to Lourdes Saturday & Tuesday, but Toulouse is only a couple of hours away with many more flights. I thoroughly recommend you try it!
Visitor Reviews of Grand Tourmalet-Bareges/La Mongie
Steve Webster from United Kingdom writes:
Bareges/La Mongie is now known as "Le Grand Tourmalet".
Bareges was one of the earliest ski resorts in France, dating from the 1930's, but is now quite low by modern day standards. La Mongie, at 1850m, is much higher and the snow markedly better.
I flew Ryanair, from Stansted to Lourdes, early on a Saturday morning, carrying full ski kit incl boots, skis, av kit etc..
After a surprisingly pleasant flight (I'm not a fan), we were met on arrival by Stef (the male part of the chalet partnership in which we were staying), and less than an hour later were at our base for the week: Chalet Tourmalet. As its name suggests, it is on the Col du Tourmalet, one of the most famous climbs on the Tour de France.
Stef reckoned that we could have been on the slopes by 11am! (A feat I've only ever achieved in the Alps at Cham or PdS when flying the same day.)
The skiing?
Well? First thing to say is that the snow wasn't brilliant. But? That was more a function of the strange weather system that had freezing levels over 3000m across both Pyrenees and Alps, than any particular local phenomenon.
The pistes were in good condition and it is clear the resort is making big efforts to "up their game", with new lifts, runs and snow making.
I skied precious little off-piste, but the potential is awesome! The resort has some easily accessible pitches for novice off-pisters and really great treks for the true powder hound! The signature mountain of the area, Pic du Midi. has ski de Haute Montagne that rivals better known gnarly spots such as La Grave and Meiji....
My accommodation was truly excellent! Carolyn & Stef were fantastic hosts! Superb food, excellent evenings, clean and comfortable surroundings, and I was even introduced to the RN version of Ludo! (Never having played Ludo, I was amazed at how competitive "Uckers" was!)
Ryanair fly to Lourdes Saturday & Tuesday, but Toulouse is only a couple of hours away with many more flights.
I thoroughly recommend you try it!
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