Gondola · Salvan, Switzerland
Vallorcine
Vallorcine is a gondola near Salvan, Switzerland. It climbs 673 m over 1.31 km, from 1,256 m to 1,929 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
38/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Vallorcine is scarier than 38% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 354 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 180 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 186 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 39°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Vallorcine is near Salvan, Switzerland, at 1,256 m above sea level (46.03345° N, 6.93321° E). From there it runs 1.31 km up to the top station at 1,929 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Charamillon gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 372 m
- Téléphérique de service Barberine - Col de la Gueulaz cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 759 m
- Funiculaire du Châtelard funicular · 3.8 km away · rises 693 m
- Minifunic funicular · 4.0 km away · rises 148 m
- Télécabine de Lognan gondola · 6.4 km away · rises 727 m
- Plan Joran gondola · 6.9 km away · rises 892 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.