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Gondola · San Vigilio, Italy

Piz de Plaies

Piz de Plaies is a gondola near San Vigilio, Italy. It climbs 302 m over 728 m, from 1,316 m to 1,618 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

14/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Piz de Plaies is scarier than 14% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 276 of 301 in Italy.

  • Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 67 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 163 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Piz de Plaies is near San Vigilio, Italy, at 1,316 m above sea level (46.69660° N, 11.92146° E). From there it runs 728 m up to the top station at 1,618 m.

Capacity
2,700 people per hour
Per cabin
8 people

Nearby lines

  • Pedagà gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 132 m
  • Cianross gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 102 m
  • Piculin gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 526 m
  • Skitrans Bronta gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 33 m
  • Miara gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 248 m
  • Col Toron gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 340 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.