Cable car · Belle-Plagne, France
Vanoise Express 1
Vanoise Express 1 is a cable car near Belle-Plagne, France. It climbs 62 m over 1.87 km, from 1,543 m to 1,605 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 482 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
99/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Vanoise Express 1 is scarier than 99% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 482 m, higher than the Eiffel Tower (330 m), 659 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.87 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 2°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.58 km of the 1.87 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Vanoise Express 1 is near Belle-Plagne, France, at 1,543 m above sea level (45.54924° N, 6.73943° E). From there it runs 1.87 km up to the top station at 1,605 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 200 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Vanoise Express 2 cable car · 0.1 km away · rises 62 m
- Lonzagne gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 282 m
- Les Coches gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 219 m
- Télébuffette gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 62 m
- Vallandry gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 571 m
- Lac Noir gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 444 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.