Gondola · Aigueblanche, France
Pierrafort
Pierrafort is a gondola near Aigueblanche, France. It climbs 457 m over 1.82 km, from 1,378 m to 1,835 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 54 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
47/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Pierrafort is scarier than 47% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 106 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 54 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 1.03 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 243 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 20 m of the 1.82 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pierrafort is near Aigueblanche, France, at 1,378 m above sea level (45.45910° N, 6.44316° E). From there it runs 1.82 km up to the top station at 1,835 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Construction
- 2011
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Planchamp gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 574 m
- Télébourg cable car · 1.1 km away · rises 73 m
- Celliers gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 305 m
- Olympe 1 gondola · 9.4 km away · rises 502 m
- Olympe 2 gondola · 9.8 km away · rises 203 m
- Saint Martin 1 gondola · 10.2 km away · rises 375 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.