Gondola · Riscone, Italy
Gipfelbahn, Riscone
Gipfelbahn is a gondola near Riscone, Italy. It climbs 538 m over 1.65 km, from 1,732 m to 2,271 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
24/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Gipfelbahn is scarier than 24% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 221 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 1.04 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 222 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gipfelbahn is near Riscone, Italy, at 1,732 m above sea level (46.75426° N, 11.95877° E). From there it runs 1.65 km up to the top station at 2,271 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 4,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Kronplatz II gondola · 0.4 km away · rises 407 m
- Olang II gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 198 m
- Kronplatz 2000 gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 1,312 m
- Belvedere, Riscone gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 268 m
- Alpen Connecting gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 532 m
- Ruis gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 522 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.