Gondola · Villeneuve, France
TCD4 Aravet
TCD4 Aravet is a gondola near Villeneuve, France. It climbs 576 m over 1.97 km, from 1,394 m to 1,970 m above sea level. Between its 18 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
26/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, TCD4 Aravet is scarier than 26% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 163 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 445 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 216 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of TCD4 Aravet is near Villeneuve, France, at 1,394 m above sea level (44.94301° N, 6.56423° E). From there it runs 1.97 km up to the top station at 1,970 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 900 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- TCD10 Ratier gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 529 m
- TCD10 Pontillas gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 862 m
- Serre Chevalier cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 581 m
- Prorel 2 gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 730 m
- Prorel 1 gondola · 6.2 km away · rises 418 m
- TCD 6 Chalvet gondola · 12.7 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.