Cable car · Huez, France
Vaujany-Alpette
Vaujany-Alpette is a cable car near Huez, France. It climbs 810 m over 2.31 km, from 1,232 m to 2,041 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 261 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
98/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Vaujany-Alpette is scarier than 98% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 8 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 261 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 458 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.32 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.22 km of the 2.31 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Vaujany-Alpette is near Huez, France, at 1,232 m above sea level (45.15738° N, 6.07904° E). From there it runs 2.31 km up to the top station at 2,041 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 160 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Enversin gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 112 m
- Vaujany-Villette gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 60 m
- TC Alpette gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 677 m
- Villette-Montfrais gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 369 m
- Alpette-Rousses cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 744 m
- Poutran 1 gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 525 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.