Gondola · Villeneuve, France
TCD10 Ratier
TCD10 Ratier is a gondola near Villeneuve, France. It climbs 529 m over 1.55 km, from 1,358 m to 1,886 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 52 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
52/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, TCD10 Ratier is scarier than 52% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 96 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 52 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 109 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 264 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 41 m of the 1.55 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of TCD10 Ratier is near Villeneuve, France, at 1,358 m above sea level (44.93293° N, 6.58740° E). From there it runs 1.55 km up to the top station at 1,886 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,235 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- TCD4 Aravet gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 576 m
- Serre Chevalier cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 581 m
- TCD10 Pontillas gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 862 m
- Prorel 2 gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 730 m
- Prorel 1 gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 418 m
- TCD 6 Chalvet gondola · 11.5 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.