Gondola · Saas-Fee, Switzerland
Alpin Express I
Alpin Express I is a gondola near Saas-Fee, Switzerland. It climbs 801 m over 2.82 km, from 1,780 m to 2,581 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 76 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
81/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Alpin Express I is scarier than 81% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 167 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 76 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 962 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 852 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 728 m of the 2.82 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Alpin Express I is near Saas-Fee, Switzerland, at 1,780 m above sea level (46.10606° N, 7.92817° E). From there it runs 2.82 km up to the top station at 2,581 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 30 people
- Ride time
- about 11 min
Nearby lines
- Spielbodenbahn gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 36 m
- Plattjen gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 771 m
- Spielbodenbahm gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 618 m
- Felskinn cable car · 1.1 km away · rises 1,144 m
- Längfluh cable car · 2.1 km away · rises 416 m
- Hannig gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 520 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.