Gondola · Les Contamines-Montjoie, France
Montjoie
Montjoie is a gondola near Les Contamines-Montjoie, France. It climbs 299 m over 1.18 km, from 1,177 m to 1,476 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 36 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
32/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Montjoie is scarier than 32% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 142 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 36 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 538 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 192 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 38°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Montjoie is near Les Contamines-Montjoie, France, at 1,177 m above sea level (45.81149° N, 6.72299° E). From there it runs 1.18 km up to the top station at 1,476 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- La Gorge gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 296 m
- Signal gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 390 m
- Ruelle gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 374 m
- Bettex - Arbois gondola · 7.2 km away · rises 431 m
- Mont d'Arbois gondola · 7.7 km away · rises 533 m
- Princesse, Combloux, 1,331–1,816 m gondola · 8.0 km away · rises 485 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.