Cable car · Zermatt, Switzerland
Gant - Hohtälli
Gant - Hohtälli is a cable car near Zermatt, Switzerland. It climbs 1,058 m over 2.48 km, from 2,207 m to 3,265 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 74 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
78/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Gant - Hohtälli is scarier than 78% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 186 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 74 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 504 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 988 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 834 m of the 2.48 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gant - Hohtälli is near Zermatt, Switzerland, at 2,207 m above sea level (46.00901° N, 7.78752° E). From there it runs 2.48 km up to the top station at 3,265 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 125 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Rote Nase cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 17 m
- Blauherd - Rothorn cable car · 2.3 km away · rises 527 m
- Leisee-Shuttle funicular · 2.6 km away · rises 36 m
- Kumme, Zermatt, 2,655–3,096 m gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 442 m
- Zermatt–Sunnegga funicular funicular · 3.4 km away · rises 652 m
- Riffelberg-Express gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 715 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.