Gondola · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
Plan Joran
Plan Joran is a gondola near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. It climbs 892 m over 2.14 km, from 1,243 m to 2,135 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 61 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
69/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Plan Joran is scarier than 69% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 64 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 61 m, as high as a 20-storey building, 795 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 319 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 38°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 199 m of the 2.14 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Plan Joran is near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France, at 1,243 m above sea level (45.97901° N, 6.92822° E). From there it runs 2.14 km up to the top station at 2,135 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Télécabine de Lognan gondola · 0.4 km away · rises 727 m
- Bochard gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 804 m
- Flégère gondola · 4.3 km away · rises 826 m
- Charamillon gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 372 m
- TC Mer de Glace gondola · 4.7 km away · rises 124 m
- Liaison Brévent - Flégère cable car · 4.9 km away · rises 104 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.