Cable car · La Clusaz, France
Transval
Transval is a cable car near La Clusaz, France. It climbs 40 m over 408 m, from 1,235 m to 1,274 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 63 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
52/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Transval is scarier than 52% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 94 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 63 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 219 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 408 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 6°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 40 m of the 408 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Transval is near La Clusaz, France, at 1,235 m above sea level (45.88601° N, 6.43401° E). From there it runs 408 m up to the top station at 1,274 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
Nearby lines
- Beauregard, La Clusaz gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 602 m
- Patinoire gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 118 m
- Fernuy gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 736 m
- Balme gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 580 m
- Joyère gondola · 7.0 km away · rises 429 m
- Rosay gondola · 7.6 km away · rises 509 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.