Cable car · Val Thorens, France
Thorens
Thorens is a cable car near Val Thorens, France. It climbs 218 m over 750 m, from 2,790 m to 3,008 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
49/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Thorens is scarier than 49% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 100 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 391 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 259 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 40 m of the 750 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Thorens is near Val Thorens, France, at 2,790 m above sea level (45.27225° N, 6.59181° E). From there it runs 750 m up to the top station at 3,008 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,710 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 40 people
Nearby lines
- Face Nord gondola · 0.3 km away · rises 317 m
- Moraine gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 473 m
- Grand Fond gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 538 m
- Cime Caron cable car · 2.6 km away · rises 862 m
- Funitel Péclet gondola · 2.7 km away · rises 700 m
- Télécabine d'Orelle-Caron gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 826 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.