Gondola · Huez, France
TC Alpette
TC Alpette is a gondola near Huez, France. It climbs 677 m over 1.85 km, from 1,366 m to 2,044 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 48 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
49/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, TC Alpette is scarier than 49% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 102 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 48 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 809 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 284 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of TC Alpette is near Huez, France, at 1,366 m above sea level (45.12975° N, 6.07334° E). From there it runs 1.85 km up to the top station at 2,044 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 12 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- Alpette-Rousses cable car · 1.3 km away · rises 744 m
- Vaujany-Alpette cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 810 m
- Poutran 1 gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 525 m
- Poutran gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 3 m
- Enversin gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 112 m
- Eau d'Olle Express gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 651 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.