Cable car · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
TPH Plan de l'Aiguille
TPH Plan de l'Aiguille is a cable car near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France. It climbs 1,271 m over 2.15 km, from 1,030 m to 2,302 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 146 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, TPH Plan de l'Aiguille is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 11 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 146 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 280 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.42 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 39°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.18 km of the 2.15 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of TPH Plan de l'Aiguille is near Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France, at 1,030 m above sea level (45.91814° N, 6.87014° E). From there it runs 2.15 km up to the top station at 2,302 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 68 people
Nearby lines
- TPH Aiguille du Midi cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 1,432 m
- Planpraz gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 925 m
- Brévent cable car · 3.7 km away · rises 475 m
- TC Mer de Glace gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 124 m
- Flégère gondola · 4.7 km away · rises 826 m
- Liaison Brévent - Flégère cable car · 4.9 km away · rises 104 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.