Espace nordique

Cauterets-Pont d\'Espagne

Hautes-Pyrénées

Altitude : from 1450 m up

The Pont d'Espagne, a "Petit Canada" at the heart of the Pyrenees National Park, is the kingdom of cross-country skiing and snowshoe hiking in the majestic surrounding of a preserved nature. Access by road (7 km of the Cauterets village) up to the Puntas car park (paying car park but fee reimbursed for skiers) or by shuttle from the village (several daily round trips). 

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Piste Info

36 km of cross-country skiing trails on 5 loops from 1 to 15 km including a 1,5 km schooling trail - snowshoeing and mountain skiing trails - 5 downhill skiing pistes (6 km) including 2 green, 1 blue, 1 red, 1 black served by 1 chair lift and 2 ski lifts.

TARIFS 09-2010	Adulte	Enfant
PASS NORDIC
Ski de fond + parking + TC Puntas	9 €	6,50 €
Offre famille (2 adultes + 2 enfant)	28 €
6 jours	45 €	32,50 €
PASS ALPIN
Ski de piste + parking + TC Puntas	13,50 €	10 €
Semaine	67,50 €
PASS TELESKI
Téléski + parking + Puntas	9,50 €
Semaine	50 €
Télécabine du Puntas (+accès piste de luge)
	5,50 €	4 €

Children

Since 2004, Cauterets is "Station Kid" labelled and is committed to abide to 6 quality criteria for welcoming children and their family: specific and adapted activities, a personalised welcome, adapted equipments, permanent security and a real respect for the environment.
A booklet dedicated to children and called "mon Kid Touristique" lists all the activities meant for them all year round.
A sled and catering at Courbet and Pont d'espagne

Ski playschool (from 4 to 7) in the Cirque du Lys
The Marmottes day care in the village (from 2 months to 4 year old). Mini-club on the pistes of Le Lys (from 3 to 7 year old).
The "Quatre Vents" recreation centre only during school holidays (from 3 to 12 year old).
The Verrière enchantée in the village (from 3 to 12 year old).
Street park Omnisport stadium at the nature theatre. Multimedia area in the Library. The Carrousel in the village: an old merry-go-round from the fifties.

Other activities

Cinema - casino - indoor ice skating rink - heated indoor swimming pool - spa fitness and beauty center in the thermal water of the Thermes de César - Odalys Aladin balneotherapy - Aroma Spa Center at the Hôtel du Lys - 5 tennis courts - Fronton indoor rock climbing wall - mini golf - library - media library - Street-park, Omnisport stadium - Pyrenees National Park House -museum of the 1900s - bee pavilion - cooking of berlingots in candy shops - calligraphy, Yoga Altitud, discovery of organic products...

Main events

Christmas and New Year weeks:  many surprises and activities for young and older ones. New Year Eve’s evening at the ice rink with fireworks.
December 29th: World Snowboard Day, international snowboard celebration, on the HO5 freestyle in the Lys amphitheater.
February 6th and 7th: Pyrenees Snowboard Tour, Slope Style French Cup organized at the Lys amphitheater to celebrate the sport’s Pyrenean elite.
Thurday afternoons: HO5 Happy Hour, contest and activities on the Freestyle Park of the Lys amphitheater. Good mood guaranteed.

Access

2 car parks for mobil home spots (in entrance of the city and on the road of Pont d'Espagne)with 50 spots mobile home park. Winter caravanning park + camping-cars spots at the camp site in Les Glères.
By road : Highway until the Tarbes exit, then 4-lane road up to Argelès-Gazost and finally a main road. From Bordeaux (278 km), from Paris (894 km), from Nantes (602 km), from Toulouse (204 km).
Railway station : Lourdes at 30 km (TGV) then a shuttle at each train arrival up to Cauterets.
Airport : Tarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées at 35 km, Pau at 80 km, Toulouse 204 km.