Cable car · Champery, Switzerland
Champéry - Croix de Culet
Champéry - Croix de Culet is a cable car near Champery, Switzerland. It climbs 899 m over 1.96 km, from 1,035 m to 1,934 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 125 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
92/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Champéry - Croix de Culet is scarier than 92% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 80 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 125 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 597 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.21 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.62 km of the 1.96 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Champéry - Croix de Culet is near Champery, Switzerland, at 1,035 m above sea level (46.17498° N, 6.87121° E). From there it runs 1.96 km up to the top station at 1,934 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Construction
- 1987
- Capacity
- 1,250 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 125 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Morgins-Foilleuse gondola · 6.2 km away · rises 505 m
- Ardent gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 300 m
- Super-Châtel gondola · 10.3 km away · rises 415 m
- Nyon cable car · 11.2 km away · rises 393 m
- Super-Morzine gondola · 11.5 km away · rises 486 m
- Z 104 St-Maurice - Fort Cindey cable car · 12.3 km away · rises 86 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.