Gondola · Belle-Plagne, France
Glaciers 1
Glaciers 1 is a gondola near Belle-Plagne, France. It climbs 207 m over 1.03 km, from 2,509 m to 2,715 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 81 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
70/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Glaciers 1 is scarier than 70% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 60 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 81 m, as high as a 27-storey building, 661 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 258 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 180 m of the 1.03 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Glaciers 1 is near Belle-Plagne, France, at 2,509 m above sea level (45.49092° N, 6.74839° E). From there it runs 1.03 km up to the top station at 2,715 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,700 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Glaciers 2 gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 547 m
- Roche de Mio 2 gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 436 m
- Roche de Mio 1 gondola · 3.5 km away · rises 337 m
- Belle Plagne gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 145 m
- Funiplagne Grande Rochette gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 507 m
- Champagny gondola · 4.9 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.