Gondola · Briancon, France
Prorel 1
Prorel 1 is a gondola near Briancon, France. It climbs 418 m over 1.18 km, from 1,204 m to 1,622 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
23/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Prorel 1 is scarier than 23% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 167 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 845 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 206 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Prorel 1 is near Briancon, France, at 1,204 m above sea level (44.89677° N, 6.63001° E). From there it runs 1.18 km up to the top station at 1,622 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 12 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Prorel 2 gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 730 m
- TCD10 Ratier gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 529 m
- Serre Chevalier cable car · 5.4 km away · rises 581 m
- TCD4 Aravet gondola · 6.2 km away · rises 576 m
- TCD10 Pontillas gondola · 7.6 km away · rises 862 m
- TCD 6 Chalvet gondola · 9.2 km away · rises 275 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.