Gondola · Chalais, Switzerland
Télécabine Vercorin - Crêt-du-Midi, Chalais, 1,312–1,862 m
Télécabine Vercorin - Crêt-du-Midi is a gondola near Chalais, Switzerland. It climbs 550 m over 1.61 km, from 1,312 m to 1,862 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 52 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
54/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Télécabine Vercorin - Crêt-du-Midi is scarier than 54% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 304 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 52 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 537 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 314 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 10 m of the 1.61 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Télécabine Vercorin - Crêt-du-Midi is near Chalais, Switzerland, at 1,312 m above sea level (46.25408° N, 7.53426° E). From there it runs 1.61 km up to the top station at 1,862 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2012-12-12
- Capacity
- 1,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Télécabine Vercorin - Crêt-du-Midi, Chalais, 1,862–2,317 m gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 455 m
- Téléphérique Chalais - Vercorin cable car · 2.0 km away · rises 787 m
- Funiculaire St-Luc - Tignousa funicular · 6.2 km away · rises 499 m
- Grimentz - Bendolla gondola · 8.0 km away · rises 531 m
- Montana - Arnouvaz gondola · 8.7 km away · rises 189 m
- Crans-Merbé-Cry d'Er gondola · 9.6 km away · rises 751 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.