Gondola · Huez, France
Huez Express, 1,482–1,593 m
Huez Express is a gondola near Huez, France. It climbs 111 m over 476 m, from 1,482 m to 1,593 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
8/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Huez Express is scarier than 8% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 210 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 328 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 196 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Huez Express is near Huez, France, at 1,482 m above sea level (45.08264° N, 6.05628° E). From there it runs 476 m up to the top station at 1,593 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Huez Express, 1,599–1,782 m gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 182 m
- Alpe Express, Huez, 1,786–1,822 m gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 36 m
- Télécentre gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 78 m
- Alpe Express, Huez, 1,806–1,822 m gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 16 m
- Rif Nel 1 gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 106 m
- Ascenseur Villard funicular · 2.2 km away · rises 63 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.