Gondola · Les Deux Alpes, France
Pierre Grosse
Pierre Grosse is a gondola near Les Deux Alpes, France. It climbs 956 m over 2.48 km, from 2,216 m to 3,171 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 52 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
58/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Pierre Grosse is scarier than 58% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 87 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 52 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 1.02 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 275 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 20 m of the 2.48 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pierre Grosse is near Les Deux Alpes, France, at 2,216 m above sea level (45.01415° N, 6.17467° E). From there it runs 2.48 km up to the top station at 3,171 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2019
- Capacity
- 2,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Jandri II gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 578 m
- Ascenceur Incliné funicular · 1.7 km away · rises 43 m
- Dôme Express funicular · 2.4 km away · rises 307 m
- Super Venosc gondola · 6.0 km away · rises 402 m
- Glaciers de La Meije II cable car · 7.1 km away · rises 778 m
- Glaciers de La Meije I cable car · 9.1 km away · rises 960 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.