Cable car · Chamois, Italy
Funivia Buisson - Chamois
Funivia Buisson - Chamois is a cable car near Chamois, Italy. It climbs 686 m over 1.49 km, from 1,120 m to 1,806 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 241 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
97/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Funivia Buisson - Chamois is scarier than 97% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 5 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 241 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 512 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.09 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 814 m of the 1.49 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia Buisson - Chamois is near Chamois, Italy, at 1,120 m above sea level (45.83256° N, 7.60114° E). From there it runs 1.49 km up to the top station at 1,806 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 100 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 40 people
Nearby lines
- Ascensore di Cheneil funicular · 4.2 km away · rises 38 m
- Mongnod - Chantorné gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 353 m
- Salette gondola · 6.4 km away · rises 718 m
- Champoluc - Crest gondola · 9.9 km away · rises 399 m
- Funicolare Frachey-Alpe Ciarcerio funicular · 10.0 km away · rises 346 m
- Funicolare di Saint-Vincent funicular · 10.1 km away · rises 57 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.