Cable car · Brissago, Switzerland
Funivia Verdasio-Rasa
Funivia Verdasio-Rasa is a cable car near Brissago, Switzerland. It climbs 362 m over 1.05 km, from 526 m to 888 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 219 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Funivia Verdasio-Rasa is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 40 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 219 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 189 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 861 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 687 m of the 1.05 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Funivia Verdasio-Rasa is near Brissago, Switzerland, at 526 m above sea level (46.16522° N, 8.64874° E). From there it runs 1.05 km up to the top station at 888 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Verdasio-Monte Comino gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 607 m
- Zott - Alpe Salèi cable car · 9.9 km away · rises 797 m
- Funivia Orselina - Cardada cable car · 10.7 km away · rises 949 m
- Funivia Prestinone - La Piana gondola · 13.2 km away · rises 901 m
- Funivia Ponte di Piero-Monteviasco cable car · 16.4 km away · rises 399 m
- San Bartolomeo-Alpe Bardughè cable car · 18.0 km away · rises 1,174 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.