Gondola · Heremence, Switzerland
Piste de l'Ours
Piste de l'Ours is a gondola near Heremence, Switzerland. It climbs 650 m over 1.93 km, from 1,472 m to 2,122 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
37/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Piste de l'Ours is scarier than 37% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 355 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 1.36 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 247 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Piste de l'Ours is near Heremence, Switzerland, at 1,472 m above sea level (46.19714° N, 7.36344° E). From there it runs 1.93 km up to the top station at 2,122 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Téléveysonnaz
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Veysonnaz gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 758 m
- Funiculaire Ecluses - Telecabine funicular · 5.9 km away · rises 31 m
- Tracouet gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 809 m
- Siviez gondola · 7.4 km away · rises 708 m
- Prarion-Plan-du-Fou gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 601 m
- Téléphérique Riddes - Isérables cable car · 10.6 km away · rises 616 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.