Gondola · Huez, France
Villette-Montfrais
Villette-Montfrais is a gondola near Huez, France. It climbs 369 m over 745 m, from 1,291 m to 1,660 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
40/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Villette-Montfrais is scarier than 40% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 127 of 226 in France.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 471 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 167 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Villette-Montfrais is near Huez, France, at 1,291 m above sea level (45.16195° N, 6.09017° E). From there it runs 745 m up to the top station at 1,660 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Vaujany-Villette gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 60 m
- Enversin gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 112 m
- Vaujany-Alpette cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 810 m
- Alpette-Rousses cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 744 m
- TC Alpette gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 677 m
- Pic Blanc 3 cable car · 4.8 km away · rises 693 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.