Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway

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The Vallee Blanche Aerial Tramway is a passenger aerial tramway with small, which was taken in 1958 in service. It connects Aiguille du Midi and the Col du Géant with each other and runs from the Aiguille du Midi to the angle station Gros Rognon, whereby it crosses the Vallée Blanche, a rock valley, on a length of 1684 meters. Behind the angle station Gros Rognon it crosses the glacier Glacier du Géant on a length of 2831 meters without support. Between the rocks of the large and the small Flambeau two 300 meters long steel cables are installed, which take over the role of the cable support. One decided at construction time to build this unique construction, because the glacier is unsuitable as location of a high tower construction. From this support the aerial tramway runs to Col de Géant again with a span of 447 meters.

In August 1961 it came to a heavy accident as an airplane of French air forces tore the hauling cable of the aerial tramway, whereby three cars crashed and six persons were killed.

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