Gondola · Morzine, France
Ardent
Ardent is a gondola near Morzine, France. It climbs 300 m over 1.47 km, from 1,206 m to 1,506 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 57 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
57/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Ardent is scarier than 57% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 88 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 57 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 470 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 291 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 161 m of the 1.47 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Ardent is near Morzine, France, at 1,206 m above sea level (46.21378° N, 6.76099° E). From there it runs 1.47 km up to the top station at 1,506 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 9 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Super-Morzine gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 486 m
- Nyon cable car · 6.9 km away · rises 393 m
- Pléney gondola · 6.9 km away · rises 512 m
- Morgins-Foilleuse gondola · 7.3 km away · rises 505 m
- Champéry - Croix de Culet cable car · 7.9 km away · rises 899 m
- Essert gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 431 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.