Cable car · Baveno, Italy
Funivia Stresa-Alpino (I troncone)
Funivia Stresa-Alpino (I troncone) is a cable car near Baveno, Italy. It climbs 606 m over 2.25 km, from 196 m to 802 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 95 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
80/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Funivia Stresa-Alpino (I troncone) is scarier than 80% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 72 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 95 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 392 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 844 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 573 m of the 2.25 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia Stresa-Alpino (I troncone) is near Baveno, Italy, at 196 m above sea level (45.89055° N, 8.52441° E). From there it runs 2.25 km up to the top station at 802 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 390 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 48 people
- Ride time
- about 13 min
Nearby lines
- Funivia Alpino-Mottarone (II troncone) cable car · 2.6 km away · rises 575 m
- Funivie del Lago Maggiore gondola · 9.6 km away · rises 717 m
- Funicolare Vellone-Sacro Monte funicular · 21.9 km away · rises 152 m
- Funivia Prestinone - La Piana gondola · 29.4 km away · rises 901 m
- Funivia Monte Lema cable car · 30.5 km away · rises 848 m
- Funivia Ponte di Piero-Monteviasco cable car · 31.7 km away · rises 399 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.