Gondola · Ayent, Switzerland
Les Grillesses - Le Bâté "Malo Express"
Les Grillesses - Le Bâté "Malo Express" is a gondola near Ayent, Switzerland. It climbs 584 m over 1.68 km, from 1,822 m to 2,406 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 83 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
81/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Les Grillesses - Le Bâté "Malo Express" is scarier than 81% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 166 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 83 m, as high as a 28-storey building, 977 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.39 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 626 m of the 1.68 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Les Grillesses - Le Bâté "Malo Express" is near Ayent, Switzerland, at 1,822 m above sea level (46.31175° N, 7.40852° E). From there it runs 1.68 km up to the top station at 2,406 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Télé Anzère SA
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Anzère - Intermédiaire - Pas de Maimbré gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 814 m
- Crans-Merbé-Cry d'Er gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 751 m
- Montana - Arnouvaz gondola · 5.6 km away · rises 189 m
- Violettes Express gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 714 m
- Funitel Violettes-Plaine Morte gondola · 8.0 km away · rises 652 m
- Iffigenalp-Rawil-Weisshorn cable car · 8.4 km away · rises 407 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.