Gondola · Huez, France
Eau d'Olle Express
Eau d'Olle Express is a gondola near Huez, France. It climbs 651 m over 2.69 km, from 725 m to 1,376 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 141 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
88/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Eau d'Olle Express is scarier than 88% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 20 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 141 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.04 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 496 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 377 m of the 2.69 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Eau d'Olle Express is near Huez, France, at 725 m above sea level (45.12602° N, 6.03813° E). From there it runs 2.69 km up to the top station at 1,376 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- SATA Group
- Capacity
- 1,100 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Poutran 1 gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 525 m
- Poutran gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 3 m
- TC Alpette gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 677 m
- Pic Blanc 1 gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 238 m
- Vaujany-Alpette cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 810 m
- Rif Nel 2 gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 172 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.