Gondola · Belle-Plagne, France
Funiplagne Grande Rochette
Funiplagne Grande Rochette is a gondola near Belle-Plagne, France. It climbs 507 m over 1.60 km, from 1,989 m to 2,496 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 119 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
83/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Funiplagne Grande Rochette is scarier than 83% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 35 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 119 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.17 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 598 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 519 m of the 1.60 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funiplagne Grande Rochette is near Belle-Plagne, France, at 1,989 m above sea level (45.50529° N, 6.67720° E). From there it runs 1.60 km up to the top station at 2,496 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,504 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 26 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Télébus gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 80 m
- Télémétro cable car · 1.4 km away · rises 127 m
- Roche de Mio 1 gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 337 m
- Belle Plagne gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 145 m
- Roche de Mio 2 gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 436 m
- Champagny gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 712 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.