Gondola · Meribel, France
Tougnète 1
Tougnète 1 is a gondola near Meribel, France. It climbs 473 m over 1.56 km, from 1,437 m to 1,910 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
23/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Tougnète 1 is scarier than 23% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 168 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.33 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 205 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Tougnète 1 is near Meribel, France, at 1,437 m above sea level (45.39088° N, 6.56802° E). From there it runs 1.56 km up to the top station at 1,910 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Rhodos 1 gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 258 m
- Saulire Express 1 gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 636 m
- Chalets gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 105 m
- Rhodos 2 gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 207 m
- Olympe 3 gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 122 m
- Pas du Lac 1 gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 527 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.