Gondola · Megeve, France
Chamois
Chamois is a gondola near Megeve, France. It climbs 198 m over 1.26 km, from 1,102 m to 1,300 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
46/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Chamois is scarier than 46% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 109 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 500 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 190 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 20 m of the 1.26 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Chamois is near Megeve, France, at 1,102 m above sea level (45.85568° N, 6.61801° E). From there it runs 1.26 km up to the top station at 1,300 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,750 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- Rocharbois cable car · 0.6 km away · rises 26 m
- Rochebrune cable car · 1.2 km away · rises 598 m
- Caboche gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 445 m
- Jaillet gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 450 m
- Mont d'Arbois gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 533 m
- Princesse, Combloux, 1,331–1,816 m gondola · 3.2 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.