Piau at Piau Engaly
Advanced · 389 m long with 216 m of vertical, averaging 29° and 38° at its steepest, facing NE.
38°steepest 50 m
29°average pitch
389 mlength
216 mvertical
2453 mtop elevation
NEfaces
Snow and sun
Piau is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.
How to get to Piau
Lifts that reach the top: Pic de Piau (skiing intermediate terrain to get there); Campbielh (skiing freeride terrain to get there).
From the base area (about 30 minutes, advanced skiing needed):
- Ride Hourc
- Ski Grande bleue (easy)
- Ski unnamed trail
- Ride Engaly
- Ski Sarrous (easy)
- Ski 3 ruisseaux (easy)
- Ski Grives (easy)
- Ski Laquette (easy)
- Ski Bd. des skieurs (easy)
- Ride Pic de Piau
- Ski unnamed trail
- Ski Grande bleue (easy)
- Ski Lucifer (intermediate)
- Ski unnamed intermediate trail (intermediate)
- Ski Piau (advanced)
Where it ends
Joins Combe du Piau, Combe du Piau, Piau. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Lac (5 min), Campbielh (5 min), Pic de Piau (6 min).
What people say
to ritzy Baqueira-Beret in Val D’Aran, you could be putting down 90 Benjamins for a lift ticket and sharing the corduroy with Catalonia’s well-to-do. But head to more local Piau Engaly or the Cauterets area across the border from Monte Perdido, and you could be having a blast for only 50 dollars, or as low as 30 with d…
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: t'aider à viser la bonne neige, au bon moment, et profiter pleinement de la montagne. Alors, prêt à tracer ? Bon ski et belle glisse. Enneigement mis à jour le 13-mars-26 Station Bas Haut Ouverture Retour station Alpe d'Huez 180cm 380cm 85% ✓ Oui Oz en Oisans 80cm 350cm 80% ✓ Oui Piau Engaly 150cm …See Piau on the 3D mapAll runs at Piau Engaly
— Météo des neiges
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.