Cable car · Villeneuve, France
Serre Chevalier
Serre Chevalier is a cable car near Villeneuve, France. It climbs 581 m over 2.24 km, from 1,893 m to 2,474 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 64 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
69/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Serre Chevalier is scarier than 69% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 63 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 64 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 1.88 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 697 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 418 m of the 2.24 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Serre Chevalier is near Villeneuve, France, at 1,893 m above sea level (44.92489° N, 6.57089° E). From there it runs 2.24 km up to the top station at 2,474 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 40 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- TCD4 Aravet gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 576 m
- TCD10 Ratier gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 529 m
- TCD10 Pontillas gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 862 m
- Prorel 2 gondola · 3.8 km away · rises 730 m
- Prorel 1 gondola · 5.4 km away · rises 418 m
- TCD 6 Chalvet gondola · 13.1 km away · rises 275 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.