Cable car · Zermatt, Switzerland
Zermatt - Furi
Zermatt - Furi is a cable car near Zermatt, Switzerland. It climbs 225 m over 1.69 km, from 1,638 m to 1,864 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 105 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
80/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Zermatt - Furi is scarier than 80% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 170 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 105 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.22 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 668 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 845 m of the 1.69 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Zermatt - Furi is near Zermatt, Switzerland, at 1,638 m above sea level (46.01474° N, 7.74299° E). From there it runs 1.69 km up to the top station at 1,864 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,030 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 1,634–1,860 m gondola · 0.0 km away · rises 226 m
- Riffelberg-Express gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 715 m
- Matterhorn Express, Zermatt, 1,860–2,587 m gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 728 m
- Zermatt–Sunnegga funicular funicular · 2.3 km away · rises 652 m
- Furi - Trockener Steg cable car · 2.5 km away · rises 1,061 m
- Leisee-Shuttle funicular · 2.8 km away · rises 36 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.