Cable car · Canazei, Italy
Sass Pordoi
Sass Pordoi is a cable car near Canazei, Italy. It climbs 619 m over 1.30 km, from 2,242 m to 2,861 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 157 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Sass Pordoi is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 30 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 157 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 422 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.30 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.05 km of the 1.30 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Sass Pordoi is near Canazei, Italy, at 2,242 m above sea level (46.48873° N, 11.81059° E). From there it runs 1.30 km up to the top station at 2,861 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 465 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 70 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Pian Frataces - Gherdecia gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 475 m
- Lezuo gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 338 m
- Fodom (Vauz - Pordoi) gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 376 m
- Toè gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 336 m
- Pecol - Col dei Rossi cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 451 m
- Canazei - Pecol gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 476 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.