Crédits photo bandeau The Super-Besse ski area
Super Besse is located at the foot of Puy de Sancy. Summer and winter is an active holiday, in the countryside and for the whole family. Where will you start?
It is not that simple to organize your holiday in a family where everyone has got a different definition of holiday. Super Besse will achieve unanimity. With all its activities and hobbies, the hardest thing to do is choose.
Fly over the Super-Besse resort with the Fantasticable zipwire
Board the Perdrix cable car and reach the Puy de Sancy
Downhill mountain biking on the slopes
Relaxation or water activities at the lake of Hermines
In winter, go sledging or skiing on the snowy slopes of the Super-Besse resort
Super-Besse located on the map of the Massif du Sancy territory
In winter, Super Besse ski resort offers quasi every ski and glide pleasure. Alpine ski, cross-country ski, snowshoe hiking, fantasy sledge, snow scoot, yooner… And many more to discover the glide pleasure.
On the discovering area beginners, no matter how old they are, can make their first mark on snow.
For those who know how to ski, the link with Le Mont-Dore resort opens new slopes on the north side.
skiing.
Added bonus
If you want to ski peacefully, during nighttime, 12 slopes are lighting up to taste the particular atmosphere of night skiing. Less people, a Zen atmosphere and to feel like you’re alone…
The ski resort of Super-Besse in the Massif du Sancy in Auvergne
In summer, Super Besse is a real open sky leisure park: nautical base, marked hiking paths, swimming pools, summer sledge, grass glides, mountain bikes, adventure routes… There is one for everyone’s taste and age.
And why don’t you fly like a bird and skim the Hermines Lake with a giant zipline? 1600 meters long (5249 ft.) to admire the landscape!
Around the Hermine lake, you can enjoy nautical activities but in a mountain environment. With an adapted grass beach and supervised bathing, you will feel like you are near seaside!
Inflatable structures are disposed in the aqualudique space and are making a real adventure path on the water, that you can try to achieve whatever how old you are. You could also enjoy activities such as paddle boat, kayaking, sailing dinghy and paddle.
The Super-Besse resort seen from the Fantasticable zipwire in Super-Besse
Rather downhill mountain bike or hiking mountain bike? Why not both!
The cable car “La Perdrix” has allowed the Super Besse resort to develop a great zone Super Besse Mountain Bike where you can practice downhill mountain bike in a funny and educational way. Several zones has been created: bike Park with units, jumps and footbridges, downhills trail with slopes accessible from the Perdrix summit , Kid Zone for mini bikers and for the learning process of the discipline with units at children scale with slaloms, small humps and footbridges.
Numerous mountain bike cross-country routes can make you discover a various number of landscapes around Super Besse.
Mountain biking in Super-Besse
Le Puy de la Perdrix (1854 m / 6083 ft.) overhangs Super-Besse resort. It will give you a wonderful 360° view over the Chaudefour valley. A pedestrian path allows you to join the summit in a two hour walk, return trip.
Easy access thanks to the Perdrix cable car
The Perdrix cable car starts from 1320 meters (4331 ft.) to 1800 meters (5905 ft.). In summertime, it allows a simple access to the Puy de Sancy’s summit, then a 40 minutes walk on fairly flat terrain.
Added bonus
At the arrival on site, you will have a wonderful view on Chaudefour’s Valley National Nature Reserve. Open your eyes, Dall’s sheep love these volcanic peaks.
The National Nature Reserve of the Chaudefour Valley
Besse Super-Besse is one of the 6 Massif du Sancy villages boasting the Famille Plus seal of approval for its family-friendliness. This label guarantees the perfect welcome of parents and their children during their vacations.
To ensure you make the most of your family holiday in Besse Super-Besse, accommodation, restaurants and tourist attractions bend over backwards to make families feel welcome.
The mascot Tibou in Super-Besse, family destination
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