Gondola · Val-d'Isere, France
Olympique
Olympique is a gondola near Val-d'Isere, France. It climbs 857 m over 1.98 km, from 1,833 m to 2,690 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 106 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
86/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Olympique is scarier than 86% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 28 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 106 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.07 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 743 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.26 km of the 1.98 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Olympique is near Val-d'Isere, France, at 1,833 m above sea level (45.44672° N, 6.97622° E). From there it runs 1.98 km up to the top station at 2,690 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,750 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 30 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Funival funicular · 0.8 km away · rises 891 m
- Daille gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 489 m
- Solaise gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 718 m
- Fornet cable car · 4.0 km away · rises 378 m
- Tovière gondola · 4.3 km away · rises 608 m
- Funiculaire Perce-Neige funicular · 4.9 km away · rises 920 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.