Cable car · Fiesch, Switzerland
Betten - Bettmeralp
Betten - Bettmeralp is a cable car near Fiesch, Switzerland. It climbs 1,082 m over 2.19 km, from 829 m to 1,911 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 102 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
84/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Betten - Bettmeralp is scarier than 84% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 142 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 102 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 387 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 710 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.02 km of the 2.19 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Betten - Bettmeralp is near Fiesch, Switzerland, at 829 m above sea level (46.37142° N, 8.07701° E). From there it runs 2.19 km up to the top station at 1,911 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 970 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 125 people
Nearby lines
- Betten Dorf - Bettmeralp cable car · 0.4 km away · rises 719 m
- Betten Talstation - Betten Dorf cable car · 0.7 km away · rises 362 m
- Schräglift Alpmatten funicular · 1.2 km away · rises 63 m
- Mörel-Greich-Riederalp cable car · 2.5 km away · rises 1,137 m
- Bettmeralp - Bettmerhorn gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 663 m
- Ried Mörel - Riederalp gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 733 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.