Gondola · Val Thorens, France
Mont Vallon
Mont Vallon is a gondola near Val Thorens, France. It climbs 801 m over 2.07 km, from 2,116 m to 2,916 m above sea level. Between its 23 pylons, the cable runs up to about 75 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
70/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Mont Vallon is scarier than 70% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 61 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 75 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 221 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 294 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 182 m of the 2.07 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Mont Vallon is near Val Thorens, France, at 2,116 m above sea level (45.34126° N, 6.59018° E). From there it runs 2.07 km up to the top station at 2,916 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Côte Brune gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 538 m
- Plattieres gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 732 m
- Funitel 3 Vallées cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 264 m
- Bruyères 2 gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 616 m
- Roc 1 gondola · 4.2 km away · rises 499 m
- Bruyères 1 gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 399 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.