Gondola · Les Gets, France
Chavannes
Chavannes is a gondola near Les Gets, France. It climbs 311 m over 1.49 km, from 1,167 m to 1,478 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
29/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Chavannes is scarier than 29% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 152 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 1.38 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 337 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Chavannes is near Les Gets, France, at 1,167 m above sea level (46.15696° N, 6.66873° E). From there it runs 1.49 km up to the top station at 1,478 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1973
- Operator
- solegets
- Capacity
- 1,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Mont Chéry gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 369 m
- Pléney gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 512 m
- Nyon cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 393 m
- Super-Morzine gondola · 4.5 km away · rises 486 m
- Grande Terche gondola · 8.1 km away · rises 562 m
- Morillon gondola · 8.9 km away · rises 389 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.