Gondola · Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
Villars - Roc d'Orsay
Villars - Roc d'Orsay is a gondola near Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. It climbs 680 m over 2.15 km, from 1,268 m to 1,948 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 52 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
51/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Villars - Roc d'Orsay is scarier than 51% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 309 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 52 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 1.91 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 298 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Villars - Roc d'Orsay is near Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland, at 1,268 m above sea level (46.30364° N, 7.05496° E). From there it runs 2.15 km up to the top station at 1,948 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Barboleuse - Les Chaux gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 553 m
- SHMS Skytrain funicular · 5.2 km away · rises 28 m
- Diablerets express gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 548 m
- Z 104 St-Maurice - Fort Cindey cable car · 10.8 km away · rises 86 m
- Cabane - Scex Rouge cable car · 11.7 km away · rises 409 m
- Reusch - Oldenegg - Hors-service cable car · 14.5 km away · rises 571 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.