Cable car · Val Thorens, France
Cime Caron
Cime Caron is a cable car near Val Thorens, France. It climbs 862 m over 1.86 km, from 2,316 m to 3,178 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 137 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
92/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Cime Caron is scarier than 92% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 17 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 137 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.28 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.21 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.40 km of the 1.86 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Cime Caron is near Val Thorens, France, at 2,316 m above sea level (45.28057° N, 6.56261° E). From there it runs 1.86 km up to the top station at 3,178 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,430 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 150 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Grand Fond gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 538 m
- Caron gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 213 m
- Télécabine d'Orelle-Caron gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 826 m
- Deux Lacs gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 322 m
- Thorens cable car · 2.6 km away · rises 218 m
- Face Nord gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 317 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.