Cable car · Courmayeur, Italy
Val Veny
Val Veny is a cable car near Courmayeur, Italy. It climbs 619 m over 1.08 km, from 1,289 m to 1,908 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 110 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
87/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Val Veny is scarier than 87% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 51 of 301 in Italy.
- Highest above the ground: about 110 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 300 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 769 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 539 m of the 1.08 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Val Veny is near Courmayeur, Italy, at 1,289 m above sea level (45.81374° N, 6.95726° E). From there it runs 1.08 km up to the top station at 1,908 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1971
- Capacity
- 1,100 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 76 people
- Ride time
- about 140 min
Nearby lines
- Skyway Monte Bianco, Courmayeur, 1,310–2,154 m cable car · 1.4 km away · rises 843 m
- Dolonne gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 507 m
- Maison Vieille gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 237 m
- Courmayeur cable car · 2.4 km away · rises 477 m
- Checrouit gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 545 m
- Skyway Monte Bianco, Courmayeur, 2,161–3,431 m cable car · 3.3 km away · rises 1,270 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: RGE ALTI © IGN. Data as of 2026-10-31.