Gondola · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
Charamillon
Charamillon is a gondola near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. It climbs 372 m over 1.37 km, from 1,488 m to 1,860 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 53 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
52/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Charamillon is scarier than 52% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 95 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 53 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 357 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 317 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 40 m of the 1.37 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Charamillon is near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France, at 1,488 m above sea level (46.00413° N, 6.94738° E). From there it runs 1.37 km up to the top station at 1,860 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Vallorcine gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 673 m
- Télécabine de Lognan gondola · 4.2 km away · rises 727 m
- Plan Joran gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 892 m
- Téléphérique de service Barberine - Col de la Gueulaz cable car · 5.6 km away · rises 759 m
- Bochard gondola · 5.8 km away · rises 804 m
- Funiculaire du Châtelard funicular · 6.1 km away · rises 693 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.