Cable car · Mont-Dore, France
Sancy
Sancy is a cable car near Mont-Dore, France. It climbs 438 m over 1.01 km, from 1,335 m to 1,773 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 125 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
87/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Sancy is scarier than 87% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 24 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 125 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 540 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.01 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 660 m of the 1.01 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Sancy is near Mont-Dore, France, at 1,335 m above sea level (45.54163° N, 2.81425° E). From there it runs 1.01 km up to the top station at 1,773 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 900 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 56 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.