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Gondola · Sesto, Italy

Vierschach-Helm - Versciaco-Monte Elmo

Vierschach-Helm - Versciaco-Monte Elmo is a gondola near Sesto, Italy. It climbs 915 m over 2.93 km, from 1,136 m to 2,051 m above sea level. Between its 25 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

31/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Vierschach-Helm - Versciaco-Monte Elmo is scarier than 31% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 198 of 301 in Italy.

  • Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 446 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 197 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Vierschach-Helm - Versciaco-Monte Elmo is near Sesto, Italy, at 1,136 m above sea level (46.73164° N, 12.32977° E). From there it runs 2.93 km up to the top station at 2,051 m.

Opened
1989
Capacity
1,800 people per hour
Per cabin
6 people

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Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.