Cable car · Courmayeur, Italy
Skyway Monte Bianco, Courmayeur, 2,161–3,431 m
Skyway Monte Bianco is a cable car near Courmayeur, Italy. It climbs 1,270 m over 2.29 km, from 2,161 m to 3,431 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 142 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Skyway Monte Bianco is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 26 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 142 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 721 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.23 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 38°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.20 km of the 2.29 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Skyway Monte Bianco is near Courmayeur, Italy, at 2,161 m above sea level (45.82926° N, 6.94979° E). From there it runs 2.29 km up to the top station at 3,431 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 75 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Skyway Monte Bianco, Courmayeur, 1,310–2,154 m cable car · 2.0 km away · rises 843 m
- Val Veny cable car · 3.3 km away · rises 619 m
- Panoramic Mont Blanc cable car · 3.6 km away · rises 339 m
- Dolonne gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 507 m
- Maison Vieille gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 237 m
- Courmayeur cable car · 5.7 km away · rises 477 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.