Gondola · Passy, France
Grandes Platières
Grandes Platières is a gondola near Passy, France. It climbs 870 m over 2.93 km, from 1,601 m to 2,472 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 118 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
85/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Grandes Platières is scarier than 85% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 30 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 118 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 2.35 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 840 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 961 m of the 2.93 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Grandes Platières is near Passy, France, at 1,601 m above sea level (46.00418° N, 6.69649° E). From there it runs 2.93 km up to the top station at 2,472 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1967-12
- Capacity
- 2,280 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 2080 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- Aup de Véran gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 617 m
- Télébenne de Flaine Supérieur gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 88 m
- Kédeuze gondola · 5.4 km away · rises 592 m
- Vercland gondola · 7.6 km away · rises 797 m
- Grand Massif Express gondola · 8.0 km away · rises 890 m
- Morillon gondola · 9.1 km away · rises 389 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.