Gondola · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
Flégère
Flégère is a gondola near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. It climbs 826 m over 2.06 km, from 1,060 m to 1,886 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 64 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
66/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Flégère is scarier than 66% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 69 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 64 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 840 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 306 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 119 m of the 2.06 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Flégère is near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France, at 1,060 m above sea level (45.94177° N, 6.88528° E). From there it runs 2.06 km up to the top station at 1,886 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Liaison Brévent - Flégère cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 104 m
- Planpraz gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 925 m
- TC Mer de Glace gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 124 m
- Brévent cable car · 3.7 km away · rises 475 m
- Plan Joran gondola · 4.3 km away · rises 892 m
- Télécabine de Lognan gondola · 4.5 km away · rises 727 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.