Gondola · Riscone, Italy
Alpen Connecting
Alpen Connecting is a gondola near Riscone, Italy. It climbs 532 m over 2.18 km, from 1,614 m to 2,147 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 45 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
28/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Alpen Connecting is scarier than 28% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 205 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 45 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 391 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 245 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Alpen Connecting is near Riscone, Italy, at 1,614 m above sea level (46.75212° N, 11.99296° E). From there it runs 2.18 km up to the top station at 2,147 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,100 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Olang I gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 908 m
- Olang II gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 198 m
- Marchner gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 447 m
- Belvedere, Riscone gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 268 m
- Lorenzi gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 502 m
- Gipfelbahn, Riscone gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 538 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.