Cable car · Faido, Switzerland
Funivia Faido-Pianaselva
Funivia Faido-Pianaselva is a cable car near Faido, Switzerland. It climbs 392 m over 584 m, from 702 m to 1,094 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 104 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
85/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Funivia Faido-Pianaselva is scarier than 85% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 136 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 104 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 316 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 499 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 39°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 366 m of the 584 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia Faido-Pianaselva is near Faido, Switzerland, at 702 m above sea level (46.47669° N, 8.79776° E). From there it runs 584 m up to the top station at 1,094 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Funivia Pesciüm–Sasso della Boggia cable car · 14.8 km away · rises 325 m
- Funivia Airolo–Pesciüm cable car · 15.4 km away · rises 557 m
- Filovia Malvaglia-Dagro cable car · 15.8 km away · rises 982 m
- Tgom-Nalps cable car · 19.9 km away · rises 37 m
- Funivia San Carlo-Robiei cable car · 21.7 km away · rises 860 m
- Robiei-Cavagnoli cable car · 21.8 km away · rises 322 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.