Cable car · Megeve, France
Rochebrune
Rochebrune is a cable car near Megeve, France. It climbs 598 m over 1.83 km, from 1,148 m to 1,746 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 97 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
82/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Rochebrune is scarier than 82% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 36 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 97 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 647 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 820 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 680 m of the 1.83 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Rochebrune is near Megeve, France, at 1,148 m above sea level (45.84981° N, 6.61508° E). From there it runs 1.83 km up to the top station at 1,746 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 550 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 34 people
Nearby lines
- Caboche gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 445 m
- Chamois gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 198 m
- Rocharbois cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 26 m
- Jaillet gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 450 m
- Mont d'Arbois gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 533 m
- Princesse, Combloux, 1,331–1,816 m gondola · 4.2 km away · rises 485 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.