Gondola · Le Grand-Bornand, France
Joyère
Joyère is a gondola near Le Grand-Bornand, France. It climbs 429 m over 1.28 km, from 933 m to 1,362 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 36 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
16/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Joyère is scarier than 16% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 188 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 36 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 963 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 186 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Joyère is near Le Grand-Bornand, France, at 933 m above sea level (45.94474° N, 6.43541° E). From there it runs 1.28 km up to the top station at 1,362 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Rosay gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 509 m
- Patinoire gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 118 m
- Balme gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 580 m
- Fernuy gondola · 5.4 km away · rises 736 m
- Beauregard, La Clusaz gondola · 5.9 km away · rises 602 m
- Transval cable car · 7.0 km away · rises 40 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.