Visiting Cauterets
Helpful resort information to assist planning your trip to Cauterets.
- Opens5 Dec 2025
- Closes19 Apr 2026
- Accommodation—
- Restaurants | Bars40 | 40
- Nearest Airport Lourdes
- Nearest Train Station Lourdes
- Tourist Office Website
- Tourist Office Phone+33 5 62925050
Cauterets Features
The terrain at Cauterets includes::
- Halfpipes—
- Terrain Parks1
- X-Country36.0 km
- Ski Hire
What's it like at Cauterets resort?
Cauterets, in France (in the Pyrenees region), is a large resort with 10 lifts (5 chair lifts, 3 surface lifts) that offers skiers 565 metres (2000 feet) of vertical descent. Cauterets has 25 pistes. Cauterets is best suited to intermediate skiers and snowboarders but there is some terrain for beginners and advanced skiers. There are 36 kilometers (22 miles) of cross country ski trails at Cauterets. For snowboarders, there is a terrain park. The nearest airport is at Lourdes and the nearest train station to Cauterets is at Lourdes. There is accommodation located close to the pistes but we would welcome additional information about any hotels or chalets in Cauterets.
Latest photos from Cauterets. View all photos at the Cauterets gallery page.
Photo credit: Snow Forecast Admin
Photo credit: Snow Forecast Admin
Photo credit: Benjamin Laurent
Photo credit: aktaes
Photo credit: Simon Stay
Photo credit: Simon Stay
Photo credit: Simon Stay
Explore Cauterets Location Map
Interactive Cauterets trail map and piste map. View the piste and trails as well as the surrounding terrain and mountain contours for backcountry action. Find and compare nearby resorts by clicking on the resort markers.

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Visitor Reviews of Cauterets
Amal Pilendiram from United Kingdom writes:
Cauterets is a family resort. We have been skiing here with our kids and extended family for 20 years. It’s an annual pilgrimage for generations of French families grand parents, parents, kids and toddlers. There’s not a lot to entertain teens/advanced alpine skiers either on or off piste unless you’re into the particularly superb cuisine of south west France, spa time, ice skating, snow shoeing, ski de fond or walking. Come to teach your kids or friends how to ski or board and you won’t be disappointed. If someone in your party can’t or doesn’t want to ski (?) neither will they, as this pretty Napoleonic spa town has plenty to keep them busy. Cauterets is a beautiful village (views over the Pyrenees up the mountain are stunning as well), no ugly concrete ski hotels here, for brutalist but stunning concrete and advanced skiing checkout Bond themed snow sure Piau Engalay. For a week, as a family holiday it’s a hidden gem!
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