Gondola · Val Thorens, France
Côte Brune
Côte Brune is a gondola near Val Thorens, France. It climbs 538 m over 1.86 km, from 2,301 m to 2,839 m above sea level. Between its 20 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
39/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Côte Brune is scarier than 39% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 130 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 768 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 234 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Côte Brune is near Val Thorens, France, at 2,301 m above sea level (45.33611° N, 6.58180° E). From there it runs 1.86 km up to the top station at 2,839 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Bruyères 2 gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 616 m
- Mont Vallon gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 801 m
- Funitel 3 Vallées cable car · 2.1 km away · rises 264 m
- Roc 1 gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 499 m
- Bruyères 1 gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 399 m
- Brelin funicular · 3.2 km away · rises 43 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.