Cable car · Tignes, France
Grande Motte
Grande Motte is a cable car near Tignes, France. It climbs 419 m over 1.65 km, from 3,029 m to 3,448 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 201 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Grande Motte is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 12 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 201 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 859 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.33 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.12 km of the 1.65 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Grande Motte is near Tignes, France, at 3,029 m above sea level (45.42331° N, 6.89050° E). From there it runs 1.65 km up to the top station at 3,448 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- STGM
- Capacity
- 1,100 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 116 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Funiculaire Perce-Neige funicular · 2.5 km away · rises 920 m
- Tovière gondola · 5.4 km away · rises 608 m
- Funival funicular · 6.8 km away · rises 891 m
- Olympique gondola · 7.0 km away · rises 857 m
- Daille gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 489 m
- Solaise gondola · 8.4 km away · rises 718 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.