La Mongie

The village of La Mongie is at 1800m altitude. There are also residences at 1850 and the Tourmalet building at 1900. It lies below the Col du Tourmalet 2115m. It is in the canton of Campan in the Midi-Pyrénées region (department 65) of France and around 20km from the Spanish border. La Mongie is a winter ski resort offering alpine skiing, snowboarding, snowpark, cross-country skiing, snowmobiles and hiking in snowshoes. In the summer cycling (on and off road) and the use of trials motorcycles is popular. The village has two small supermarkets, a tourist information centre, gift shops and many restaurants and ski rental shops. The nearby spa town of Bagneres de Bigorre offers large supermarkets and shops, restaurants, a casino, an 18-hole golf course and the natural spa baths themselves.AccessAirports: Tarbes/Lourdes airport, 35km. Toulouse Blagnac, 180km.Road: A64 exit 14 Tournay, dir Bagneres de Bigorre. Then La Mongie/Col du Tourmalet.Rail: SNCF station Tarbes. Bus connection Bagneres/La Mongie.The postcode is 65200.SkiingLa Mongie is the largest skiable domain in the Pyrenees including the Superbarèges station. Over 100km there are 69 pistes and 43 lifts including poma tows and several four and six-man chair-lifts. A gondola lift gives access to some of the southern pistes while the Pic du Midi Funitel gives access to off-piste areas to the north. Of the 69 pistes, 23 are green, 19 blue, 21 red and 6 black. The domain has 173 snow cannons and there is one night piste.