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Gondola · Aprica, Italy

Magnolta

Magnolta is a gondola near Aprica, Italy. It climbs 661 m over 1.89 km, from 1,214 m to 1,875 m above sea level. Between its 19 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

19/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Magnolta is scarier than 19% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 247 of 301 in Italy.

  • Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 394 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 159 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Magnolta is near Aprica, Italy, at 1,214 m above sea level (46.14926° N, 10.14635° E). From there it runs 1.89 km up to the top station at 1,875 m.

Opened
1982
Operator
S.I.T.A. - Società Industrie Turistiche dell'Aprica S.p.A
Capacity
2,000 people per hour
Per cabin
10 people
Ride time
about 10 min

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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.