Cable car · Huez, France
Alpette-Rousses
Alpette-Rousses is a cable car near Huez, France. It climbs 744 m over 1.47 km, from 2,042 m to 2,785 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 167 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Alpette-Rousses is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 13 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 167 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.08 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.47 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.26 km of the 1.47 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Alpette-Rousses is near Huez, France, at 2,042 m above sea level (45.13924° N, 6.09379° E). From there it runs 1.47 km up to the top station at 2,785 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,900 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 160 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- TC Alpette gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 677 m
- Pic Blanc 3 cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 693 m
- Vaujany-Alpette cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 810 m
- Poutran 1 gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 525 m
- Pic Blanc 2 gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 504 m
- Poutran gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 3 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.