Gondola · Les Contamines-Montjoie, France
La Gorge
La Gorge is a gondola near Les Contamines-Montjoie, France. It climbs 296 m over 482 m, from 1,181 m to 1,477 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 36 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
3/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, La Gorge is scarier than 3% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 219 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 36 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 115 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 101 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 8°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of La Gorge is near Les Contamines-Montjoie, France, at 1,181 m above sea level (45.80096° N, 6.71985° E). From there it runs 482 m up to the top station at 1,477 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Montjoie gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 299 m
- Signal gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 390 m
- Ruelle gondola · 6.2 km away · rises 374 m
- Bettex - Arbois gondola · 7.6 km away · rises 431 m
- Mont d'Arbois gondola · 8.0 km away · rises 533 m
- Princesse, Combloux, 1,331–1,816 m gondola · 8.4 km away · rises 485 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.