Gondola · Fiesch, Switzerland
Fiesch-Fiescheralp
Fiesch-Fiescheralp is a gondola near Fiesch, Switzerland. It climbs 1,144 m over 2.46 km, from 1,062 m to 2,206 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 68 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
71/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Fiesch-Fiescheralp is scarier than 71% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 225 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 68 m, as high as a 23-storey building, 2.21 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 367 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 221 m of the 2.46 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Fiesch-Fiescheralp is near Fiesch, Switzerland, at 1,062 m above sea level (46.40605° N, 8.13384° E). From there it runs 2.46 km up to the top station at 2,206 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Fiescheralp - Eggishorn cable car · 2.0 km away · rises 656 m
- Luftseilbahn Fürgangen-Bellwald cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 354 m
- Bettmeralp - Bettmerhorn gondola · 3.8 km away · rises 663 m
- Schräglift Alpmatten funicular · 4.8 km away · rises 63 m
- Betten - Bettmeralp cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 1,082 m
- Betten Dorf - Bettmeralp cable car · 5.4 km away · rises 719 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.