Gondola · Les Houches, France
Prarion
Prarion is a gondola near Les Houches, France. It climbs 831 m over 2.40 km, from 1,013 m to 1,844 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 45 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
44/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Prarion is scarier than 44% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 113 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 45 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 741 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 237 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Prarion is near Les Houches, France, at 1,013 m above sea level (45.89460° N, 6.78164° E). From there it runs 2.40 km up to the top station at 1,844 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Bellevue cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 803 m
- Ascenseur des Thermes funicular · 4.6 km away · rises 163 m
- Le Valléen gondola · 5.0 km away · rises 220 m
- Bettex - Arbois gondola · 7.5 km away · rises 431 m
- Brévent cable car · 7.8 km away · rises 475 m
- Planpraz gondola · 8.3 km away · rises 925 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.