Gondola · Ilanz, Switzerland
Fuorcla-Vorab
Fuorcla-Vorab is a gondola near Ilanz, Switzerland. It climbs 450 m over 2.49 km, from 2,116 m to 2,566 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 57 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
50/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Fuorcla-Vorab is scarier than 50% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 315 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 57 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 80 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 212 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 30 m of the 2.49 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Fuorcla-Vorab is near Ilanz, Switzerland, at 2,116 m above sea level (46.85135° N, 9.18767° E). From there it runs 2.49 km up to the top station at 2,566 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2025-12-19
- Capacity
- 1,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Sogn Martin - La Siala gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 831 m
- Crap Sogn Gion - Crap Masegn cable car · 2.8 km away · rises 257 m
- Arena Express Scansinas - Nagens gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 227 m
- Arena Express Plaun - Scansinas gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 272 m
- FlemXpress Segnes - Nagens Sura gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 87 m
- FlemXpress Startgels - Segnes gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 485 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.