Cable car · Airolo, Switzerland
Funivia Airolo–Pesciüm
Funivia Airolo–Pesciüm is a cable car near Airolo, Switzerland. It climbs 557 m over 1.15 km, from 1,180 m to 1,737 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 81 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
78/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Funivia Airolo–Pesciüm is scarier than 78% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 184 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 81 m, as high as a 27-storey building, 418 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 692 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 537 m of the 1.15 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia Airolo–Pesciüm is near Airolo, Switzerland, at 1,180 m above sea level (46.52402° N, 8.60226° E). From there it runs 1.15 km up to the top station at 1,737 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Funivia Pesciüm–Sasso della Boggia cable car · 0.9 km away · rises 325 m
- Robiei-Cavagnoli cable car · 10.4 km away · rises 322 m
- Gurschen-Bahn cable car · 11.8 km away · rises 770 m
- Funivia San Carlo-Robiei cable car · 12.1 km away · rises 860 m
- Gütsch-Express (Andermatt-Nätschen) gondola · 13.5 km away · rises 391 m
- Gütsch-Express (Nätschen-Gütsch) gondola · 14.5 km away · rises 534 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.