Cable car · Ballabio, Italy
Funivia Piani d'Erna
Funivia Piani d'Erna is a cable car near Ballabio, Italy. It climbs 724 m over 1.47 km, from 601 m to 1,325 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 223 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
97/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Funivia Piani d'Erna is scarier than 97% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 8 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 223 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 658 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.47 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.29 km of the 1.47 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia Piani d'Erna is near Ballabio, Italy, at 601 m above sea level (45.86324° N, 9.42863° E). From there it runs 1.47 km up to the top station at 1,325 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1965
Nearby lines
- Moggio - Artavaggio cable car · 9.2 km away · rises 749 m
- Barzio - Piani di Bobbio gondola · 10.9 km away · rises 821 m
- Funivia Margno-Pian delle Betulle cable car · 18.8 km away · rises 702 m
- Funicolare di San Vigilio funicular · 24.0 km away · rises 83 m
- Cabinovia Aviatico - Monte Poieto gondola · 27.2 km away · rises 328 m
- Albino - Selvino cable car · 27.4 km away · rises 532 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.