Cable car · Zermatt, Switzerland
Funivia del Plateau Rosa
Funivia del Plateau Rosa is a cable car near Zermatt, Switzerland. It climbs 626 m over 2.15 km, from 2,826 m to 3,452 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 270 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
98/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Funivia del Plateau Rosa is scarier than 98% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 14 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 270 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 898 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 2.15 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.94 km of the 2.15 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia del Plateau Rosa is near Zermatt, Switzerland, at 2,826 m above sea level (45.92997° N, 7.68058° E). From there it runs 2.15 km up to the top station at 3,452 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1991
- Per cabin
- 125 people
Nearby lines
- Matterhorn Glacier Ride II gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 367 m
- Cime Bianche Laghi gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 282 m
- Trockener Steg - Klein Matterhorn Glacier Ride gondola · 3.5 km away · rises 904 m
- Trockener Steg - Matterhorn glacier paradise cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 881 m
- Plan Maison gondola · 3.8 km away · rises 509 m
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 2,436–2,928 m gondola · 5.5 km away · rises 492 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.