Gondola · Seez, France
Varet
Varet is a gondola near Seez, France. It climbs 559 m over 1.74 km, from 2,120 m to 2,680 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 41 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
30/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Varet is scarier than 30% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 144 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 41 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 788 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 176 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Varet is near Seez, France, at 2,120 m above sea level (45.56947° N, 6.82809° E). From there it runs 1.74 km up to the top station at 2,680 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Arcs Domaine Skiable
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Cabriolet, Seez cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 79 m
- Aiguille Rouge cable car · 1.2 km away · rises 527 m
- Transarc II gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 438 m
- Transarc I gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 398 m
- Villards gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 119 m
- Dahu cable car · 4.1 km away · rises 97 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.