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Cable car · Laruns, France

Applevage

Applevage is a cable car near Laruns, France. It climbs 795 m over 1.05 km, from 1,141 m to 1,936 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 108 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

90/100 · Very scary

By the numbers, Applevage is scarier than 90% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 18 of 226 in France.

  • Highest above the ground: about 108 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 442 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 773 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 45°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 602 m of the 1.05 km ride.

How the score works · The scariest lines in the world

Where does it start?

The bottom station of Applevage is near Laruns, France, at 1,141 m above sea level (42.88580° N, 0.41155° W). From there it runs 1.05 km up to the top station at 1,936 m.

Capacity
200 people per hour
Per cabin
19 people

Nearby lines

  • Sagette gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 662 m
  • Ponts de Camps cable car · 3.3 km away · rises 716 m
  • Bézou gondola · 9.2 km away · rises 248 m
  • Cotch gondola · 9.4 km away · rises 249 m
  • Gondola Ley, Laruns gondola · 9.7 km away · rises 167 m
  • Puntas gondola · 22.3 km away · rises 59 m

Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.