Gondola · Cauterets, France
Puntas
Puntas is a gondola near Cauterets, France. It climbs 59 m over 421 m, from 1,465 m to 1,524 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 35 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
12/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Puntas is scarier than 12% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 197 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 35 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 140 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 210 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Puntas is near Cauterets, France, at 1,465 m above sea level (42.85182° N, 0.13706° W). From there it runs 421 m up to the top station at 1,524 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,130 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Gondola Lys, Cauterets gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 913 m
- Cotch gondola · 19.1 km away · rises 249 m
- Telecabina Panticosa gondola · 19.2 km away · rises 605 m
- Bézou gondola · 19.6 km away · rises 248 m
- Gondola Ley, Laruns gondola · 20.0 km away · rises 167 m
- Ponts de Camps cable car · 20.0 km away · rises 716 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.