Gondola · Salvan, Switzerland
Les Marécottes - La Creusaz
Les Marécottes - La Creusaz is a gondola near Salvan, Switzerland. It climbs 656 m over 1.23 km, from 1,118 m to 1,774 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 53 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
61/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Les Marécottes - La Creusaz is scarier than 61% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 280 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 53 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 504 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 299 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 41°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 20 m of the 1.23 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Les Marécottes - La Creusaz is near Salvan, Switzerland, at 1,118 m above sea level (46.11124° N, 7.00646° E). From there it runs 1.23 km up to the top station at 1,774 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- TéléMarécottes
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Hydroélectrique Pissevache funicular · 4.0 km away · rises 130 m
- Funiculaire du Châtelard funicular · 6.7 km away · rises 693 m
- Minifunic funicular · 7.3 km away · rises 148 m
- Téléphérique de service Barberine - Col de la Gueulaz cable car · 7.9 km away · rises 759 m
- Vallorcine gondola · 10.3 km away · rises 673 m
- Z 104 St-Maurice - Fort Cindey cable car · 12.2 km away · rises 86 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.