Gondola · Ragalna, Italy
Funivia Rifugio Sapienza - Montagnola
Funivia Rifugio Sapienza - Montagnola is a gondola near Ragalna, Italy. It climbs 578 m over 1.88 km, from 1,918 m to 2,496 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 35 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
15/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Funivia Rifugio Sapienza - Montagnola is scarier than 15% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 272 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 35 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 1.57 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 178 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia Rifugio Sapienza - Montagnola is near Ragalna, Italy, at 1,918 m above sea level (37.70105° N, 14.99897° E). From there it runs 1.88 km up to the top station at 2,496 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2021
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Funicolare del Castello di Calatabiano funicular · 24.0 km away · rises 107 m
- Funivia Mazzarò - Taormina gondola · 30.6 km away · rises 171 m
- Funicular near Letojanni funicular · 32.4 km away · rises 39 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.