Cable car · Pietracamela, Italy
Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia
Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia is a cable car near Pietracamela, Italy. It climbs 998 m over 3.01 km, from 1,132 m to 2,130 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 132 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
90/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia is scarier than 90% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 39 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 132 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.90 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 882 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.58 km of the 3.01 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia del Gran Sasso d'Italia is near Pietracamela, Italy, at 1,132 m above sea level (42.42645° N, 13.52847° E). From there it runs 3.01 km up to the top station at 2,130 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 760 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
Nearby lines
- Le Fosse gondola · 32.6 km away · rises 348 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.