Cable car · Silvaplana, Switzerland
Surlej-Murtèl
Surlej-Murtèl is a cable car near Silvaplana, Switzerland. It climbs 831 m over 2.58 km, from 1,865 m to 2,696 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 109 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
84/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Surlej-Murtèl is scarier than 84% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 140 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 109 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.40 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 962 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 744 m of the 2.58 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Surlej-Murtèl is near Silvaplana, Switzerland, at 1,865 m above sea level (46.45481° N, 9.81383° E). From there it runs 2.58 km up to the top station at 2,696 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Luftseilbahn Corvatsch
- Per cabin
- 125 people
Nearby lines
- Murtèl-Corvatsch cable car · 2.1 km away · rises 596 m
- Sils-Furtschellas cable car · 3.6 km away · rises 512 m
- Signalbahn cable car · 5.1 km away · rises 352 m
- Corviglia-Piz Nair cable car · 7.1 km away · rises 532 m
- Celerina - Marguns gondola · 8.1 km away · rises 525 m
- Luftseilbahn Bernina-Diavolezza cable car · 12.1 km away · rises 882 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.