Gondola · Villeneuve, France
TCD10 Pontillas
TCD10 Pontillas is a gondola near Villeneuve, France. It climbs 862 m over 3.50 km, from 1,387 m to 2,248 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 97 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, TCD10 Pontillas is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 44 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 97 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 2.69 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 482 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 500 m of the 3.50 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of TCD10 Pontillas is near Villeneuve, France, at 1,387 m above sea level (44.94762° N, 6.55416° E). From there it runs 3.50 km up to the top station at 2,248 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- TCD4 Aravet gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 576 m
- Serre Chevalier cable car · 2.4 km away · rises 581 m
- TCD10 Ratier gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 529 m
- Prorel 2 gondola · 6.1 km away · rises 730 m
- Prorel 1 gondola · 7.6 km away · rises 418 m
- TCD 6 Chalvet gondola · 14.4 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.