Gondola · Abondance, France
Essert
Essert is a gondola near Abondance, France. It climbs 431 m over 1.69 km, from 950 m to 1,381 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
29/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Essert is scarier than 29% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 150 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 708 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 293 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Essert is near Abondance, France, at 950 m above sea level (46.27566° N, 6.72108° E). From there it runs 1.69 km up to the top station at 1,381 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- Panthiaz gondola · 7.8 km away · rises 462 m
- Ardent gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 300 m
- Grande Terche gondola · 8.1 km away · rises 562 m
- Super-Morzine gondola · 9.2 km away · rises 486 m
- Super-Châtel gondola · 10.5 km away · rises 415 m
- Pléney gondola · 10.7 km away · rises 512 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.