Gondola · Belle-Plagne, France
Les Coches
Les Coches is a gondola near Belle-Plagne, France. It climbs 219 m over 627 m, from 1,216 m to 1,436 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
10/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Les Coches is scarier than 10% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 200 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 327 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 128 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Les Coches is near Belle-Plagne, France, at 1,216 m above sea level (45.55921° N, 6.73438° E). From there it runs 627 m up to the top station at 1,436 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- Télébuffette gondola · 0.4 km away · rises 62 m
- Lac Noir gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 444 m
- Vanoise Express 2 cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 62 m
- Vanoise Express 1 cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 62 m
- Lonzagne gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 282 m
- Vallandry gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 571 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.