Gondola · Basse-Nendaz, Switzerland
Prarion-Plan-du-Fou
Prarion-Plan-du-Fou is a gondola near Basse-Nendaz, Switzerland. It climbs 601 m over 1.47 km, from 1,838 m to 2,439 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 45 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
49/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Prarion-Plan-du-Fou is scarier than 49% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 322 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 45 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 464 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 280 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Prarion-Plan-du-Fou is near Basse-Nendaz, Switzerland, at 1,838 m above sea level (46.14878° N, 7.27931° E). From there it runs 1.47 km up to the top station at 2,439 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Télénendaz
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Siviez gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 708 m
- Tracouet gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 809 m
- Tortin-Chassoure gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 696 m
- Funiculaire Ecluses - Telecabine funicular · 4.0 km away · rises 31 m
- Tzoumaz gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 810 m
- Téléphérique Riddes - Isérables cable car · 4.9 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.