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Gondola · San Martino in Badia, Italy

Piculin

Piculin is a gondola near San Martino in Badia, Italy. It climbs 526 m over 1.55 km, from 1,091 m to 1,617 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 82 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

73/100 · Scary

By the numbers, Piculin is scarier than 73% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 84 of 301 in Italy.

  • Highest above the ground: about 82 m, as high as a 27-storey building, 576 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 256 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 121 m of the 1.55 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Piculin is near San Martino in Badia, Italy, at 1,091 m above sea level (46.69235° N, 11.89283° E). From there it runs 1.55 km up to the top station at 1,617 m.

Capacity
2,400 people per hour
Per cabin
8 people
Ride time
about 5 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.