Gondola · Val Thorens, France
Télécabine d'Orelle-Caron
Télécabine d'Orelle-Caron is a gondola near Val Thorens, France. It climbs 826 m over 2.02 km, from 2,347 m to 3,173 m above sea level. Between its 22 pylons, the cable runs up to about 65 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
67/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Télécabine d'Orelle-Caron is scarier than 67% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 66 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 65 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 1.64 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 252 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 142 m of the 2.02 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Télécabine d'Orelle-Caron is near Val Thorens, France, at 2,347 m above sea level (45.24622° N, 6.56959° E). From there it runs 2.02 km up to the top station at 3,173 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Cime Caron cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 862 m
- Grand Fond gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 538 m
- Thorens cable car · 2.8 km away · rises 218 m
- Face Nord gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 317 m
- Caron gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 213 m
- Moraine gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 473 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.