Gondola · Val Thorens, France
Face Nord
Face Nord is a gondola near Val Thorens, France. It climbs 317 m over 1.10 km, from 2,678 m to 2,995 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
50/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Face Nord is scarier than 50% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 99 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 301 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.10 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Face Nord is near Val Thorens, France, at 2,678 m above sea level (45.27590° N, 6.59886° E). From there it runs 1.10 km up to the top station at 2,995 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Thorens cable car · 0.3 km away · rises 218 m
- Moraine gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 473 m
- Grand Fond gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 538 m
- Funitel Péclet gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 700 m
- Deux Lacs gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 322 m
- Cime Caron cable car · 2.8 km away · rises 862 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.