Gondola · Laruns, France
Bézou
Bézou is a gondola near Laruns, France. It climbs 248 m over 790 m, from 1,346 m to 1,594 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 35 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
12/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Bézou is scarier than 12% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 196 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 35 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 419 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 186 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Bézou is near Laruns, France, at 1,346 m above sea level (42.95741° N, 0.33416° W). From there it runs 790 m up to the top station at 1,594 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,700 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Cotch gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 249 m
- Gondola Ley, Laruns gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 167 m
- Sagette gondola · 8.8 km away · rises 662 m
- Applevage cable car · 9.2 km away · rises 795 m
- Ponts de Camps cable car · 10.6 km away · rises 716 m
- Gondola Lys, Cauterets gondola · 18.1 km away · rises 913 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.