Gondola · Huez, France
Vaujany-Villette
Vaujany-Villette is a gondola near Huez, France. It climbs 60 m over 967 m, from 1,231 m to 1,291 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
9/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Vaujany-Villette is scarier than 9% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 204 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 665 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 167 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 13°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Vaujany-Villette is near Huez, France, at 1,231 m above sea level (45.15753° N, 6.07954° E). From there it runs 967 m up to the top station at 1,291 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Villette-Montfrais gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 369 m
- Enversin gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 112 m
- Vaujany-Alpette cable car · 1.3 km away · rises 810 m
- TC Alpette gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 677 m
- Alpette-Rousses cable car · 3.1 km away · rises 744 m
- Eau d'Olle Express gondola · 4.4 km away · rises 651 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.