Cable car · Locarno, Switzerland
Funivia Orselina - Cardada
Funivia Orselina - Cardada is a cable car near Locarno, Switzerland. It climbs 949 m over 1.82 km, from 381 m to 1,330 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 106 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
86/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Funivia Orselina - Cardada is scarier than 86% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 131 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 106 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 859 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 936 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 528 m of the 1.82 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia Orselina - Cardada is near Locarno, Switzerland, at 381 m above sea level (46.17587° N, 8.79201° E). From there it runs 1.82 km up to the top station at 1,330 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 40 people
Nearby lines
- San Bartolomeo-Alpe Bardughè cable car · 8.0 km away · rises 1,174 m
- Funivia Verdasio-Rasa cable car · 10.7 km away · rises 362 m
- Verdasio-Monte Comino gondola · 10.9 km away · rises 607 m
- Telecabina Monte Tamaro gondola · 11.5 km away · rises 1,051 m
- Tenuta Casa Cima cable car · 12.0 km away · rises 103 m
- Funivia Ponte di Piero-Monteviasco cable car · 12.6 km away · rises 399 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.