Cable car · Bagnes, Switzerland
Mont-Fort
Mont-Fort is a cable car near Bagnes, Switzerland. It climbs 410 m over 1.36 km, from 2,890 m to 3,300 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 195 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Mont-Fort is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 51 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 195 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 948 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.35 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.25 km of the 1.36 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Mont-Fort is near Bagnes, Switzerland, at 2,890 m above sea level (46.08492° N, 7.30212° E). From there it runs 1.36 km up to the top station at 3,300 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Téléverbier;TéléNendaz
- Capacity
- 520 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 45 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Jumbo cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 641 m
- Tortin-Chassoure gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 696 m
- Mont-Gelé cable car · 3.3 km away · rises 267 m
- Funispace cable car · 4.1 km away · rises 527 m
- Médran 4 gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 664 m
- Médran 2 gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 668 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.