Gondola · Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
Transarc I
Transarc I is a gondola near Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France. It climbs 398 m over 1.53 km, from 1,707 m to 2,105 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 61 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
63/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Transarc I is scarier than 63% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 75 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 61 m, as high as a 20-storey building, 941 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 552 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 161 m of the 1.53 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Transarc I is near Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France, at 1,707 m above sea level (45.57138° N, 6.77915° E). From there it runs 1.53 km up to the top station at 2,105 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2024
- Operator
- Arcs Domaine Skiable
- Capacity
- 3,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Villards gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 119 m
- Dahu cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 97 m
- Transarc II gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 438 m
- Vallandry gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 571 m
- Lonzagne gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 282 m
- Vanoise Express 1 cable car · 3.3 km away · rises 62 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.