The Lac de Payolle is an artificial lake in the French Pyrenees.

It is located in the communes of Campan and Arreau of the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Midi-Pyrénées region.

The lake is an important tourist resort centre: Payolle ski resort, where various activities are practiced such as mountain biking, orienteering, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, dog sleds, horse or pony rides, paragliding, hiking, etc.

A tourist fishing route was also laid out around the lake with gateways for fisherman, but also various watersports such as canoeing and sailing.

[1] Stage 7 of the 2016 Tour de France will finish at the lake on 8 July 2016.