Cable car · Fiesch, Switzerland
Fiescheralp - Eggishorn
Fiescheralp - Eggishorn is a cable car near Fiesch, Switzerland. It climbs 656 m over 1.73 km, from 2,213 m to 2,869 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 135 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
89/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Fiescheralp - Eggishorn is scarier than 89% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 104 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 135 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.32 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.15 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 866 m of the 1.73 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Fiescheralp - Eggishorn is near Fiesch, Switzerland, at 2,213 m above sea level (46.41307° N, 8.10314° E). From there it runs 1.73 km up to the top station at 2,869 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 45 people
Nearby lines
- Fiesch-Fiescheralp gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 1,144 m
- Bettmeralp - Bettmerhorn gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 663 m
- Schräglift Alpmatten funicular · 4.3 km away · rises 63 m
- Luftseilbahn Fürgangen-Bellwald cable car · 4.5 km away · rises 354 m
- Betten Dorf - Bettmeralp cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 719 m
- Betten - Bettmeralp cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 1,082 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.