Gondola · Zermatt, Switzerland
Riffelberg-Express
Riffelberg-Express is a gondola near Zermatt, Switzerland. It climbs 715 m over 1.93 km, from 1,858 m to 2,573 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 66 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
66/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Riffelberg-Express is scarier than 66% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 248 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 66 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 879 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 283 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 139 m of the 1.93 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Riffelberg-Express is near Zermatt, Switzerland, at 1,858 m above sea level (46.00135° N, 7.73230° E). From there it runs 1.93 km up to the top station at 2,573 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Zermatt - Furi cable car · 1.3 km away · rises 225 m
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 1,634–1,860 m gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 226 m
- Furi - Trockener Steg cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 1,061 m
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 1,860–2,587 m gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 728 m
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 2,436–2,587 m gondola · 2.7 km away · rises 151 m
- Zermatt–Sunnegga funicular funicular · 2.9 km away · rises 652 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.