Gondola · Jausiers, France
Pinatelle
Pinatelle is a gondola near Jausiers, France. It climbs 598 m over 1.50 km, from 1,156 m to 1,755 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
47/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Pinatelle is scarier than 47% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 107 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 224 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 254 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pinatelle is near Jausiers, France, at 1,156 m above sea level (44.25648° N, 6.92209° E). From there it runs 1.50 km up to the top station at 1,755 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1988
- Capacity
- 450 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 12 people
Nearby lines
- Télériou cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 52 m
- Las Donnas cable car · 4.2 km away · rises 613 m
- Mercantour gondola · 20.2 km away · rises 429 m
- Pelevos gondola · 20.9 km away · rises 299 m
- TCD6 Molanès gondola · 27.1 km away · rises 322 m
- TCD6 Costebelle gondola · 28.6 km away · rises 460 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.