Cable car · Alagna Valsesia, Italy
Pianalunga - Cimalegna - Salati
Pianalunga - Cimalegna - Salati is a cable car near Alagna Valsesia, Italy. It climbs 929 m over 3.00 km, from 2,041 m to 2,970 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 199 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
96/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Pianalunga - Cimalegna - Salati is scarier than 96% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 16 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 199 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.05 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.17 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.02 km of the 3.00 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pianalunga - Cimalegna - Salati is near Alagna Valsesia, Italy, at 2,041 m above sea level (45.86571° N, 7.90393° E). From there it runs 3.00 km up to the top station at 2,970 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Gabiet - Passo dei Salati gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 658 m
- Funivia Passo dei Salati-Punta Indren cable car · 2.4 km away · rises 313 m
- Alagna - Pianalunga gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 830 m
- Stafal - Gabiet gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 490 m
- Stafal - Sant'Anna cable car · 6.4 km away · rises 348 m
- Crest - Alpe Ostafa III gondola · 11.1 km away · rises 448 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.