Cable car · Val-d'Isere, France
Fornet
Fornet is a cable car near Val-d'Isere, France. It climbs 378 m over 969 m, from 1,944 m to 2,322 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 91 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
81/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Fornet is scarier than 81% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 39 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 91 m, as high as a 30-storey building, 380 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 969 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 659 m of the 969 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Fornet is near Val-d'Isere, France, at 1,944 m above sea level (45.45036° N, 7.01157° E). From there it runs 969 m up to the top station at 2,322 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 81 people
- Ride time
- about 2 min
Nearby lines
- Vallon de l'Iseran gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 467 m
- Solaise gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 718 m
- Olympique gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 857 m
- Funival funicular · 4.6 km away · rises 891 m
- Daille gondola · 5.0 km away · rises 489 m
- Tovière gondola · 8.1 km away · rises 608 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.