Gondola · Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France
Le Valléen
Le Valléen is a gondola near Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. It climbs 220 m over 1.79 km, from 580 m to 800 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 156 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
87/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Le Valléen is scarier than 87% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 22 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 156 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.24 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 686 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 537 m of the 1.79 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Le Valléen is near Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France, at 580 m above sea level (45.90599° N, 6.69982° E). From there it runs 1.79 km up to the top station at 800 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Ascenseur des Thermes funicular · 0.3 km away · rises 163 m
- Bettex - Arbois gondola · 4.3 km away · rises 431 m
- Prarion gondola · 5.0 km away · rises 831 m
- Princesse, Combloux, 1,060–1,331 m gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 272 m
- Princesse, Combloux, 1,331–1,816 m gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 485 m
- Mont d'Arbois gondola · 6.4 km away · rises 533 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.