Gondola · Briancon, France
Rocher de l'Aigle
Rocher de l'Aigle is a gondola near Briancon, France. It climbs 428 m over 1.74 km, from 2,153 m to 2,581 m above sea level. Between its 24 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
30/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Rocher de l'Aigle is scarier than 30% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 145 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.60 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 158 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Rocher de l'Aigle is near Briancon, France, at 2,153 m above sea level (44.91526° N, 6.73061° E). From there it runs 1.74 km up to the top station at 2,581 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Régie autonome des Remontées Mécaniques de Montgenèvre
- Capacity
- 2,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- TCD 6 Chalvet gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 275 m
- Cesana-Ski Lodge 1 gondola · 6.4 km away · rises 184 m
- Cesana-Ski Lodge 2 gondola · 7.7 km away · rises 170 m
- Funicolare di Sansicario funicular · 8.5 km away · rises 72 m
- Prorel 1 gondola · 9.4 km away · rises 418 m
- Prorel 2 gondola · 11.1 km away · rises 730 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.