Gondola · La Clusaz, France
Balme
Balme is a gondola near La Clusaz, France. It climbs 580 m over 1.50 km, from 1,285 m to 1,865 m above sea level. Between its 22 pylons, the cable runs up to about 47 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
41/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Balme is scarier than 41% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 123 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 47 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 446 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 153 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 35°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Balme is near La Clusaz, France, at 1,285 m above sea level (45.91003° N, 6.46755° E). From there it runs 1.50 km up to the top station at 1,865 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,100 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 12 people
Nearby lines
- Fernuy gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 736 m
- Patinoire gondola · 3.8 km away · rises 118 m
- Transval cable car · 4.0 km away · rises 40 m
- Beauregard, La Clusaz gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 602 m
- Joyère gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 429 m
- Rosay gondola · 5.7 km away · rises 509 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.