Cable car · Courmayeur, Italy
Youla
Youla is a cable car near Courmayeur, Italy. It climbs 340 m over 1.40 km, from 2,261 m to 2,602 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 164 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
90/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Youla is scarier than 90% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 38 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 164 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 869 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.11 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 13°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 857 m of the 1.40 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Youla is near Courmayeur, Italy, at 2,261 m above sea level (45.78274° N, 6.92272° E). From there it runs 1.40 km up to the top station at 2,602 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 360 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 25 people
Nearby lines
- Cable car Arp, Courmayeur cable car · 0.7 km away · rises 124 m
- Checrouit gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 545 m
- Maison Vieille gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 237 m
- Dolonne gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 507 m
- Courmayeur cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 477 m
- Val Veny cable car · 4.5 km away · rises 619 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.