Gondola · Gryon, Switzerland
Barboleuse - Les Chaux
Barboleuse - Les Chaux is a gondola near Gryon, Switzerland. It climbs 553 m over 2.48 km, from 1,216 m to 1,769 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
38/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Barboleuse - Les Chaux is scarier than 38% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 351 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.22 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 273 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Barboleuse - Les Chaux is near Gryon, Switzerland, at 1,216 m above sea level (46.28370° N, 7.07690° E). From there it runs 2.48 km up to the top station at 1,769 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Villars - Roc d'Orsay gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 680 m
- Diablerets express gondola · 6.8 km away · rises 548 m
- SHMS Skytrain funicular · 8.7 km away · rises 28 m
- Z 104 St-Maurice - Fort Cindey cable car · 10.0 km away · rises 86 m
- Cabane - Scex Rouge cable car · 10.3 km away · rises 409 m
- Reusch - Oldenegg - Hors-service cable car · 13.6 km away · rises 571 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.