Cable car · Silvaplana, Switzerland
Murtèl-Corvatsch
Murtèl-Corvatsch is a cable car near Silvaplana, Switzerland. It climbs 596 m over 1.57 km, from 2,700 m to 3,296 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 204 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Murtèl-Corvatsch is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 50 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 204 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 438 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 952 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.18 km of the 1.57 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Murtèl-Corvatsch is near Silvaplana, Switzerland, at 2,700 m above sea level (46.43211° N, 9.82386° E). From there it runs 1.57 km up to the top station at 3,296 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Luftseilbahn Corvatsch
- Per cabin
- 100 people
Nearby lines
- Surlej-Murtèl cable car · 2.1 km away · rises 831 m
- Sils-Furtschellas cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 512 m
- Signalbahn cable car · 7.1 km away · rises 352 m
- Corviglia-Piz Nair cable car · 9.2 km away · rises 532 m
- Celerina - Marguns gondola · 10.1 km away · rises 525 m
- Luftseilbahn Bernina-Diavolezza cable car · 11.6 km away · rises 882 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.