Cable car · Huez, France
Marmottes 3
Marmottes 3 is a cable car near Huez, France. It climbs 288 m over 734 m, from 2,769 m to 3,057 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 163 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
89/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Marmottes 3 is scarier than 89% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 19 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 163 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 393 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 699 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 559 m of the 734 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Marmottes 3 is near Huez, France, at 2,769 m above sea level (45.11106° N, 6.11190° E). From there it runs 734 m up to the top station at 3,057 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,056 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 33 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Pic Blanc 3 cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 693 m
- Marmottes 2 gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 428 m
- Pic Blanc 2 gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 504 m
- Alpette-Rousses cable car · 2.6 km away · rises 744 m
- Poutran gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 3 m
- Rif Nel 2 gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 172 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.