Cable car · Huez, France
Pic Blanc 3
Pic Blanc 3 is a cable car near Huez, France. It climbs 693 m over 2.00 km, from 2,612 m to 3,305 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 185 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Pic Blanc 3 is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 10 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 185 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.40 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.48 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.44 km of the 2.00 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pic Blanc 3 is near Huez, France, at 2,612 m above sea level (45.11822° N, 6.10365° E). From there it runs 2.00 km up to the top station at 3,305 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,015 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 93 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Marmottes 3 cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 288 m
- Marmottes 2 gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 428 m
- Alpette-Rousses cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 744 m
- Pic Blanc 2 gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 504 m
- TC Alpette gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 677 m
- Poutran gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 3 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.