Cable car · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
Brévent
Brévent is a cable car near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. It climbs 475 m over 1.26 km, from 1,989 m to 2,464 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 294 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
98/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Brévent is scarier than 98% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 294 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 558 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.26 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.12 km of the 1.26 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Brévent is near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France, at 1,989 m above sea level (45.93552° N, 6.85381° E). From there it runs 1.26 km up to the top station at 2,464 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Compagnie du Mont-Blanc
- Capacity
- 850 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 51 people
Nearby lines
- Planpraz gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 925 m
- Liaison Brévent - Flégère cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 104 m
- Flégère gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 826 m
- TPH Plan de l'Aiguille cable car · 3.7 km away · rises 1,271 m
- TC Mer de Glace gondola · 5.8 km away · rises 124 m
- TPH Aiguille du Midi cable car · 5.8 km away · rises 1,432 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.