Gondola · Aprica, Italy
Palabione
Palabione is a gondola near Aprica, Italy. It climbs 496 m over 1.39 km, from 1,179 m to 1,675 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
25/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Palabione is scarier than 25% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 220 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 794 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 207 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Palabione is near Aprica, Italy, at 1,179 m above sea level (46.15169° N, 10.15414° E). From there it runs 1.39 km up to the top station at 1,675 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1997
- Operator
- S.I.T.A. - Società Industrie Turistiche dell'Aprica S.p.A
- Capacity
- 1,775 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Magnolta gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 661 m
- Carbonera - Malga Polzone gondola · 19.8 km away · rises 502 m
- Teleferica Enel cable car · 25.6 km away · rises 574 m
- ENEL cable car · 26.9 km away · rises 1,038 m
- Snow Eagle cable car · 27.4 km away · rises 1,069 m
- Ascensore inclinato, Lanzada funicular · 27.6 km away · rises 64 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.