Gondola · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
Bettex - Arbois
Bettex - Arbois is a gondola near Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. It climbs 431 m over 2.50 km, from 1,395 m to 1,826 m above sea level. Between its 32 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
27/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Bettex - Arbois is scarier than 27% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 158 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 1.65 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 222 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Bettex - Arbois is near Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France, at 1,395 m above sea level (45.87489° N, 6.68544° E). From there it runs 2.50 km up to the top station at 1,826 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 12 people
Nearby lines
- Princesse, Combloux, 1,331–1,816 m gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 485 m
- Mont d'Arbois gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 533 m
- Princesse, Combloux, 1,060–1,331 m gondola · 2.7 km away · rises 272 m
- Rocharbois cable car · 4.1 km away · rises 26 m
- Le Valléen gondola · 4.3 km away · rises 220 m
- Ascenseur des Thermes funicular · 4.4 km away · rises 163 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.