The biggest resort in the Béarn, Gourette sits in a dramatic bowl below the Col d'Aubisque, an hour and a half from Pau. Steep walls and gentle nursery slopes sit side by side.
Gourette is a ski-in/ski-out resort (most of the village is genuinely on the snow) in France, in the French Pyrenees. The village sits at 1400 m and the lifts top out at 2400 m, with 40 km of pistes and 14 lifts. Its BestSnowHotels snow score is 78/100, and the season usually runs Dec 14 → Apr 7.
How we score and classify resortsRun counts and piste kilometres are indicative. Green runs only exist in France, Spain, Andorra, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, the United States, Morocco, Algeria, Lesotho, South Africa, Egypt, Canada, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Chile; Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany start at blue. Indicative average snow depth near the top of the resort, in cm.
A handful of well-rated hotels in and around the resort. Pick one, then compare live prices across Booking, Expedia and Hotels.com.
Excellent · 440 reviews
Moments from the lifts in Gourette, so you can ski back to the door and skip the morning queues.
Guests rate this hotel as excellent (4.6/5 from 440 reviews). It sits about 100 m from the slopes. A mid-range option for Gourette, with live nightly rates shown for your exact dates so you always see the best price.
Good · 590 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Gourette.
Excellent · 179 reviews
One of the highest-rated places to stay in Gourette, with guests singling out the service and comfort.
Very good · 252 reviews
A dependable, well-reviewed choice for a stay in Gourette.
Great · 227 reviews
Moments from the lifts in Gourette, so you can ski back to the door and skip the morning queues.
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Gourette is a slope-side resort below the Col d'Aubisque, with apartment residences right on the snow-front and the spa village of Eaux-Bonnes just down the road.
Gourette is the main ski resort of the Béarn, set in a steep, rocky cirque beneath the Col d'Aubisque that gives it a genuinely alpine feel for the western Pyrenees. Its 40 km of piste pack in a lot of variety for the size, from sheltered beginner slopes at the base to demanding reds and blacks on the surrounding walls. Close to Pau and the spa village of Eaux-Bonnes, it is a popular weekend mountain for the southwest of France, lively when the snow is good.
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Gourette offers 40 km of pistes across 14 lifts, from 1400 m to 2400 m. Whether it suits beginners depends on the dedicated learner zones at the base of the slopes, so check the local ski-school options for green and blue run access.
The season runs from Dec 14 to Apr 7, with a snow score of 78/100. The best conditions are usually from late January through February, while spring skiing in March and April brings longer days and softer afternoons.
Gourette is a slope-side resort below the Col d'Aubisque, with apartment residences right on the snow-front and the spa village of Eaux-Bonnes just down the road.
Gourette has 40 km of marked pistes served by 14 lifts, between 1400 m and 2400 m of altitude.
Gourette counts about 31 marked runs in total. The colour breakdown above shows how they split by difficulty, a good guide to whether the resort fits your level.
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