Cable car · Zermatt, Switzerland
Blauherd - Rothorn
Blauherd - Rothorn is a cable car near Zermatt, Switzerland. It climbs 527 m over 1.03 km, from 2,567 m to 3,094 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 141 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
90/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Blauherd - Rothorn is scarier than 90% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 97 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 141 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 368 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 886 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 598 m of the 1.03 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Blauherd - Rothorn is near Zermatt, Switzerland, at 2,567 m above sea level (46.01705° N, 7.78571° E). From there it runs 1.03 km up to the top station at 3,094 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,960 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 150 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Kumme, Zermatt, 2,655–3,096 m gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 442 m
- Leisee-Shuttle funicular · 1.6 km away · rises 36 m
- Kumme, Zermatt, 2,129–2,655 m gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 526 m
- Gant - Hohtälli cable car · 2.3 km away · rises 1,058 m
- Zermatt–Sunnegga funicular funicular · 2.3 km away · rises 652 m
- Rote Nase cable car · 3.7 km away · rises 17 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.