Cable car · Campan, France
Pic du Midi 1
Pic du Midi 1 is a cable car near Campan, France. It climbs 557 m over 1.70 km, from 1,744 m to 2,302 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 82 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
76/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Pic du Midi 1 is scarier than 76% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 52 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 82 m, as high as a 27-storey building, 427 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 683 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 721 m of the 1.70 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pic du Midi 1 is near Campan, France, at 1,744 m above sea level (42.90954° N, 0.17906° E). From there it runs 1.70 km up to the top station at 2,302 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Pic du Midi 2 cable car · 2.1 km away · rises 554 m
- Téléphérique de l'Hotelerie des Laquets cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 229 m
- Espiaube gondola · 11.6 km away · rises 723 m
- Vignec - Saint-Lary 1700 gondola · 15.3 km away · rises 834 m
- Pic Lumière cable car · 15.8 km away · rises 838 m
- Skyvall gondola · 25.0 km away · rises 640 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.