Cable car · Saint-Lary-Soulan, France
Pic Lumière
Pic Lumière is a cable car near Saint-Lary-Soulan, France. It climbs 838 m over 1.89 km, from 819 m to 1,656 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 162 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Pic Lumière is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 14 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 162 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 581 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.57 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.40 km of the 1.89 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pic Lumière is near Saint-Lary-Soulan, France, at 819 m above sea level (42.81665° N, 0.32001° E). From there it runs 1.89 km up to the top station at 1,656 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 47 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Vignec - Saint-Lary 1700 gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 834 m
- Espiaube gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 723 m
- Skyvall gondola · 10.1 km away · rises 640 m
- Tramezaygues 3 cable car · 14.0 km away · rises 402 m
- Pic du Midi 1 cable car · 15.8 km away · rises 557 m
- Pic du Midi 2 cable car · 17.9 km away · rises 554 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.