Cable car · Chalais, Switzerland
Téléphérique Chalais - Vercorin
Téléphérique Chalais - Vercorin is a cable car near Chalais, Switzerland. It climbs 787 m over 1.63 km, from 514 m to 1,301 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 87 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
81/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Téléphérique Chalais - Vercorin is scarier than 81% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 164 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 87 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 1.27 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 557 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 35°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 586 m of the 1.63 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Téléphérique Chalais - Vercorin is near Chalais, Switzerland, at 514 m above sea level (46.26772° N, 7.51185° E). From there it runs 1.63 km up to the top station at 1,301 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 150 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 15 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Télécabine Vercorin - Crêt-du-Midi, Chalais, 1,312–1,862 m gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 550 m
- Télécabine Vercorin - Crêt-du-Midi, Chalais, 1,862–2,317 m gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 455 m
- Montana - Arnouvaz gondola · 6.7 km away · rises 189 m
- Crans-Merbé-Cry d'Er gondola · 7.6 km away · rises 751 m
- Violettes Express gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 714 m
- Funiculaire St-Luc - Tignousa funicular · 7.9 km away · rises 499 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.