Gondola · Megeve, France
Caboche
Caboche is a gondola near Megeve, France. It climbs 445 m over 1.65 km, from 1,307 m to 1,752 m above sea level. Between its 18 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
19/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Caboche is scarier than 19% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 176 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.47 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 220 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Caboche is near Megeve, France, at 1,307 m above sea level (45.84517° N, 6.62544° E). From there it runs 1.65 km up to the top station at 1,752 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 100 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 12 people
Nearby lines
- Rochebrune cable car · 0.5 km away · rises 598 m
- Chamois gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 198 m
- Rocharbois cable car · 1.4 km away · rises 26 m
- Mont d'Arbois gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 533 m
- Jaillet gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 450 m
- Princesse, Combloux, 1,331–1,816 m gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 485 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.