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Cable car · France

Las Donnas

Las Donnas is a cable car near France. It climbs 613 m over 1.62 km, from 1,639 m to 2,252 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 84 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

78/100 · Scary

By the numbers, Las Donnas is scarier than 78% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 48 of 226 in France.

  • Highest above the ground: about 84 m, as high as a 28-storey building, 241 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 884 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 482 m of the 1.62 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Las Donnas is in France, at 1,639 m above sea level (44.22020° N, 6.92601° E). From there it runs 1.62 km up to the top station at 2,252 m.

Opened
1980
Capacity
1,100 people per hour
Per cabin
60 people
Ride time
about 3 min

Nearby lines

Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.