Gondola · Saint-Martin-Vesubie, France
Mercantour
Mercantour is a gondola near Saint-Martin-Vesubie, France. It climbs 429 m over 1.53 km, from 1,915 m to 2,345 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
20/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Mercantour is scarier than 20% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 175 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 870 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 179 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Mercantour is near Saint-Martin-Vesubie, France, at 1,915 m above sea level (44.18946° N, 7.14976° E). From there it runs 1.53 km up to the top station at 2,345 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Pelevos gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 299 m
- Télériou cable car · 18.2 km away · rises 52 m
- Las Donnas cable car · 18.7 km away · rises 613 m
- Pinatelle gondola · 20.2 km away · rises 598 m
- Severino Bottero gondola · 35.0 km away · rises 606 m
- Ascensore panoramico funicular · 39.3 km away · rises 26 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.