Cable car · Courchevel, France
Saulire
Saulire is a cable car near Courchevel, France. It climbs 623 m over 1.60 km, from 2,071 m to 2,694 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 89 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
80/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Saulire is scarier than 80% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 41 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 89 m, as high as a 30-storey building, 1.24 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 956 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 558 m of the 1.60 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Saulire is near Courchevel, France, at 2,071 m above sea level (45.39643° N, 6.61949° E). From there it runs 1.60 km up to the top station at 2,694 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,750 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 131 people
Nearby lines
- Vizelle gondola · 0.2 km away · rises 578 m
- Saulire Express 2 gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 632 m
- Pas du Lac 2 gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 472 m
- Verdons gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 318 m
- Jardin Alpin gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 233 m
- Pas du Lac 1 gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 527 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.