Gondola · Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France
Villards
Villards is a gondola near Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France. It climbs 119 m over 572 m, from 1,707 m to 1,826 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
7/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Villards is scarier than 7% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 212 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 178 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 161 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Villards is near Bourg-Saint-Maurice, France, at 1,707 m above sea level (45.57198° N, 6.77903° E). From there it runs 572 m up to the top station at 1,826 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2014
- Operator
- Arcs Domaine Skiable
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 2 min
Nearby lines
- Dahu cable car · 0.3 km away · rises 97 m
- Transarc I gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 398 m
- Vallandry gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 571 m
- Transarc II gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 438 m
- Lonzagne gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 282 m
- Vanoise Express 1 cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 62 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.