Gondola · Frontone, Italy
Caprile-Monte Catria
Caprile-Monte Catria is a gondola near Frontone, Italy. It climbs 816 m over 1.67 km, from 575 m to 1,391 m above sea level. Between its 18 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
38/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Caprile-Monte Catria is scarier than 38% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 170 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 866 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 160 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 38°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Caprile-Monte Catria is near Frontone, Italy, at 575 m above sea level (43.48283° N, 12.71335° E). From there it runs 1.67 km up to the top station at 1,391 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 2 people
- Ride time
- about 17 min
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.