Gondola · Saas-Fee, Switzerland
Alpin Express II
Alpin Express II is a gondola near Saas-Fee, Switzerland. It climbs 396 m over 1.45 km, from 2,582 m to 2,978 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 125 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
86/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Alpin Express II is scarier than 86% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 127 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 125 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.13 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 972 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 794 m of the 1.45 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Alpin Express II is near Saas-Fee, Switzerland, at 2,582 m above sea level (46.08163° N, 7.91753° E). From there it runs 1.45 km up to the top station at 2,978 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 30 people
Nearby lines
- Felskinn cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 1,144 m
- Metro Alpin funicular · 1.4 km away · rises 465 m
- Längfluh cable car · 2.1 km away · rises 416 m
- Alpin Express I gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 801 m
- Spielbodenbahm gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 618 m
- Plattjen gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 771 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.