Gondola · La Thuile, Italy
Les Suches
Les Suches is a gondola near La Thuile, Italy. It climbs 703 m over 1.63 km, from 1,468 m to 2,170 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 62 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
75/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Les Suches is scarier than 75% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 81 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 62 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 1.33 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 610 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 520 m of the 1.63 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Les Suches is near La Thuile, Italy, at 1,468 m above sea level (45.71143° N, 6.94916° E). From there it runs 1.63 km up to the top station at 2,170 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Cable car Arp, Courmayeur cable car · 7.8 km away · rises 124 m
- Youla cable car · 8.4 km away · rises 340 m
- Checrouit gondola · 9.1 km away · rises 545 m
- Courmayeur cable car · 9.4 km away · rises 477 m
- Maison Vieille gondola · 9.6 km away · rises 237 m
- Dolonne gondola · 9.7 km away · rises 507 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.