Gondola · Verbier, Switzerland
Tortin-Chassoure
Tortin-Chassoure is a gondola near Verbier, Switzerland. It climbs 696 m over 2.12 km, from 2,044 m to 2,740 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 58 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
62/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Tortin-Chassoure is scarier than 62% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 274 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 58 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 1.88 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 342 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 258 m of the 2.12 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Tortin-Chassoure is near Verbier, Switzerland, at 2,044 m above sea level (46.11349° N, 7.30348° E). From there it runs 2.12 km up to the top station at 2,740 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Téléverbier
- Capacity
- 1,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Mont-Gelé cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 267 m
- Funispace cable car · 2.7 km away · rises 527 m
- Jumbo cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 641 m
- Mont-Fort cable car · 3.3 km away · rises 410 m
- Siviez gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 708 m
- Prarion-Plan-du-Fou gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 601 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.