Gondola · Saint-Etienne-de-Cuines, France
Côte du Bois
Côte du Bois is a gondola near Saint-Etienne-de-Cuines, France. It climbs 230 m over 854 m, from 1,706 m to 1,936 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 35 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
14/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Côte du Bois is scarier than 14% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 191 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 35 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 155 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 208 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Côte du Bois is near Saint-Etienne-de-Cuines, France, at 1,706 m above sea level (45.25467° N, 6.25687° E). From there it runs 854 m up to the top station at 1,936 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,700 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 2 min
Nearby lines
- Villette-Montfrais gondola · 15.8 km away · rises 369 m
- Vaujany-Villette gondola · 16.6 km away · rises 60 m
- Vaujany-Alpette cable car · 17.4 km away · rises 810 m
- Enversin gondola · 17.4 km away · rises 112 m
- TCD Sétaz gondola · 17.7 km away · rises 509 m
- Alpette-Rousses cable car · 17.8 km away · rises 744 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.