Cable car · Mont-de-Lans, France
Glaciers de La Meije II
Glaciers de La Meije II is a cable car near Mont-de-Lans, France. It climbs 778 m over 2.68 km, from 2,417 m to 3,195 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 111 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
86/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Glaciers de La Meije II is scarier than 86% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 27 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 111 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 2.11 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 874 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.14 km of the 2.68 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Glaciers de La Meije II is near Mont-de-Lans, France, at 2,417 m above sea level (45.02611° N, 6.28906° E). From there it runs 2.68 km up to the top station at 3,195 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Glaciers de La Meije I cable car · 2.5 km away · rises 960 m
- Dôme Express funicular · 5.6 km away · rises 307 m
- Ascenceur Incliné funicular · 6.1 km away · rises 43 m
- Pierre Grosse gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 956 m
- Jandri II gondola · 7.2 km away · rises 578 m
- Super Venosc gondola · 13.0 km away · rises 402 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.