Gondola · Huez, France
Huez Express, 1,599–1,782 m
Huez Express is a gondola near Huez, France. It climbs 182 m over 659 m, from 1,599 m to 1,782 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
9/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Huez Express is scarier than 9% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 207 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 186 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 160 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Huez Express is near Huez, France, at 1,599 m above sea level (45.08685° N, 6.05842° E). From there it runs 659 m up to the top station at 1,782 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
- Alpe Express, Huez, 1,786–1,822 m gondola · 0.3 km away · rises 36 m
- Huez Express, 1,482–1,593 m gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 111 m
- Télécentre gondola · 0.7 km away · rises 78 m
- Alpe Express, Huez, 1,806–1,822 m gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 16 m
- Rif Nel 1 gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 106 m
- Pic Blanc 1 gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 238 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.