Cable car · Salvan, Switzerland
Téléphérique de service Barberine - Col de la Gueulaz
Téléphérique de service Barberine - Col de la Gueulaz is a cable car near Salvan, Switzerland. It climbs 759 m over 1.93 km, from 1,175 m to 1,934 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 126 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
88/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Téléphérique de service Barberine - Col de la Gueulaz is scarier than 88% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 113 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 126 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.59 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 954 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.31 km of the 1.93 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Téléphérique de service Barberine - Col de la Gueulaz is near Salvan, Switzerland, at 1,175 m above sea level (46.05056° N, 6.94075° E). From there it runs 1.93 km up to the top station at 1,934 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Émosson SA
Nearby lines
- Minifunic funicular · 0.9 km away · rises 148 m
- Funiculaire du Châtelard funicular · 1.3 km away · rises 693 m
- Vallorcine gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 673 m
- Charamillon gondola · 5.6 km away · rises 372 m
- Les Marécottes - La Creusaz gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 656 m
- Télécabine de Lognan gondola · 9.4 km away · rises 727 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.