Gondola · Val Thorens, France
Grand Fond
Grand Fond is a gondola near Val Thorens, France. It climbs 538 m over 1.89 km, from 2,459 m to 2,997 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 90 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Grand Fond is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 46 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 90 m, as high as a 30-storey building, 825 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 608 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 640 m of the 1.89 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Grand Fond is near Val Thorens, France, at 2,459 m above sea level (45.28097° N, 6.56817° E). From there it runs 1.89 km up to the top station at 2,997 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 33 people
Nearby lines
- Cime Caron cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 862 m
- Thorens cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 218 m
- Deux Lacs gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 322 m
- Caron gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 213 m
- Moraine gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 473 m
- Face Nord gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 317 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.