Cable car · Val Thorens, France
Funitel 3 Vallées
Funitel 3 Vallées is a cable car near Val Thorens, France. It climbs 264 m over 876 m, from 2,538 m to 2,803 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 83 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
74/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Funitel 3 Vallées is scarier than 74% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 55 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 83 m, as high as a 28-storey building, 638 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 477 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 379 m of the 876 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funitel 3 Vallées is near Val Thorens, France, at 2,538 m above sea level (45.30503° N, 6.58599° E). From there it runs 876 m up to the top station at 2,803 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 33 people
Nearby lines
- Bruyères 2 gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 616 m
- Cairn gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 186 m
- Funitel Péclet gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 700 m
- Côte Brune gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 538 m
- Deux Lacs gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 322 m
- Bruyères 1 gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 399 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.