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Gondola · Corvara in Badia, Italy

Col Alto

Col Alto is a gondola near Corvara in Badia, Italy. It climbs 419 m over 951 m, from 1,558 m to 1,977 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

37/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Col Alto is scarier than 37% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 176 of 301 in Italy.

  • Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 150 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 211 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Col Alto is near Corvara in Badia, Italy, at 1,558 m above sea level (46.54757° N, 11.87643° E). From there it runs 951 m up to the top station at 1,977 m.

Capacity
2,800 people per hour
Per cabin
8 people
Ride time
about 4 min

Nearby lines

  • Borest gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 58 m
  • Boè gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 657 m
  • Col Pradat gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 315 m
  • Colfosco gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 258 m
  • Piz la Ila gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 649 m
  • Plans gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 174 m

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.