Cable cars and lifts in South Tyrol

The Schwemmalm cable car takes skiers, hikers, bikers and paragliders from the valley station near the village of Kuppelwies up to the Schwemmalm at 2,100 meters above sea level.
Perfectly groomed slopes with guaranteed snow in winter and numerous easy and challenging hiking trails in summer start right at the mountain station.

The new detachable cable car Three Peaks (seats 8) takes you up from Signaue to Stiergarten, where once the bulls spent their summers. Today you can reach the Croda Rossa from the Stiergarten. In addition, a real snowshoe hiking paradise awaits you with a view of the Three Peaks included. 

The new Cableway Naifjoch 10-seater connects the ropeway mountain station with the far end of the skiing and hiking resort. It is open also to pedestrians.

Start: Piffing
End: Waidman Alpine Cottage

In the season 2007/08, the new gondola-lift "Alm-Express" was put into operation. The ultra-modern lift replaces an old chairlift and guarantees a very high level of safety, especially for families with children.
The new lift costs 5.7 million euros. With its 29 eight-seater cabins over a length of 700 meters it climbs 150 meters in altitude and transports 2,400 people in an hour.

This little cable car, with 12 seats, takes just a few minutes from Vilpian, the country 's most northerly wine route (260 meters), to Schlaneid near Mölten (1,026 m), located on the back of the Tschögglberg mountain between Meran and Bozen. The wonderful position of Mölten makes it an ideal place to enjoy nature and landscape of the Alps of Sarntal and to take walks and hikes of different levels of difficulty.

Next to the valley station of the cable car you will find a public parking area.
The buses of the line 201 (Bozen/Meran or Meran/Bozen) and 202 (Citybus Terlan-Andrian-Nals-Vilpian) stops in front of the valley station of the cable car.
From the train station in Vilpian (railway Bozen-Meran or Meran-Bozen) you have to make a walk of ten minutes.

Chairlift and gondola basket lift Vellau

Up to airy heights!

The ride with the single chairlift from Plars to Vellau is a dreamlike experience of nature. Slowly, you travel up through the vineyards and forests from Algund to Vellau.

Price list:
Single ride: 10,00 €
Round trip: 13,00 €
Children up to 12 years: 5,50 € single ride; 6,00 € round trip

The majestic Hochjochferner glacier lies along the border between Austria and Italy. The glacier cable car overcomes more than a thousand metres in altitude in six minutes and takes guests from Maso Corto up to 3,212 metres. Every year from September to May, winter sports enthusiasts hit the slopes at this world class 185-acre natural park. The glacier is equally suited to beginners and experienced skiers, as well as families. The real crowd pleaser is especially the 8 km long Schmuggler downhill slope leading into the valley. 

 

From Sesto, the new Premium 10 seater gondola lift takes you up to the Monte Elmo mountain station. This is the ideal starting point for exploring the entire 3 Zinnen Dolomites ski area. In addition, numerous winter and snow-shoe hikes start there. All this with a wonderful view of the Sesto Sundial!

Every 4 minutes a cabin leaves the station and arrives 12 minutes later.

The Renon cable car is a show case for public Transport worldwide. Transport links between Bozen and the Ritten have a long tradition. More than 100 years ago, the Bozen aristocracy travelled on the cog railway from the Waltherplatz in Bozen to the Ritten. This railway was replaced in 1966 by a cable car, which after 40 years of service no longer exists. In 2009 the new cable car was opened for public, the first of its kind in Italy. 

Timetable cable car Renon

 

 

From Mölten, the sun plateau of Tschögglberg, the Mölten cable car takes you in four minutes down to the Etschtal. From the mountain station of the Mölten cable car you enjoy stunning panoramic views of central Etschtal, neighbouring South Tyrolean "Überetsch" and the dispersed hamlets of the mountain community of Mölten.

 

From Versciaco, the gondola lift takes you up to the Monte Elmo mountain station. This is the ideal starting point for exploring the entire 3 Zinnen Dolomites ski area. In addition, numerous winter and snow-shoe hikes start there. All this with a wonderful view of the Sesto Sundial!

The cableway San Martino accompanies visitors and hikers from Laces up to the mountain village of  San Martino in Monte (1,740 m) in just a few minutes, making it an ideal point of departure for various types of journeys. Starting from here, there are numerous other trips to the crest of Monte Sole along easy trails such as the high-altitude path leading to Silandro.

At the San Martino in Monte cableway mountain station is a restaurant, with scenic views down towards Laces and Val Martello and into the glacier world of the Ortler Group. There’s a 16th century shrine devoted to the a village of just 120 inhabitants, presumably built on a pagan holy site above a cave.

The ultra-modern gondola lift in the ski area Speikboden in Ahrntal valley was built in 2005 in just four months. It replaced the old chairlifts and is now an indispensable part in terms of comfort, speed and safety.
90 comfortable and weatherproof cabins, each with eight seats, and 1,760 horsepower, transport around 2,400 people to one of the most beautiful family ski areas in South Tyrol, from 950 to 2,000 meters above sea level. The six-kilometer-long rope measures an impressive 54 millimeters in diameter, weighs 75 tons and was delivered by special transport. Since then, waiting times at the valley station have been a thing of the past.
Most passengers are unaware of a technical and structural refinement that is unique in South Tyrol and Italy. At the height of the old middle station, the ropeway makes a four-degree bend over a length of 800 meters. This planning masterpiece helped to prevent any major interference with nature.

ALL THIS IS THE SKIARENA KLAUSBERG!

 

The Skiarena Klausberg is THE ski and hiking hotspot for sportsmen and nature lovers in the Ahrntal. The cable car "K-Express", unique for South Tyrol, is able to take you from the valley station, directly located in the centre of Steinhaus at 1,054 meters, up to 1,600 metres within only 7 minutes.

As soon as you get off at the top station in winter, you will be thrilled by a winter panorama that is second to none: 74 kilometres of slopes are waiting to be conquered! The slopes reach up to 2,510 metres, making every skier's heart beat faster. 21 state-of-the-art lifts take you to the various starting points of our pistes. 100% snow guarantee until Easter!

 

In summer, however, the Klausberg ski arena offers a unique hiking paradise with the well-known hotspots "Klaussee" (2,162 metres) and "Rauchkofel" (2,653 metres). A truly natural idyll surrounded by 80, three-thousand metre high, peaks awaits you. A MUST for every mountain lover!

 

Traditional alpine pastures paired with hut culinary delights of the highest level await you 365 days a year - a true pleasure experience in our airy mountain heights and a place for culinary encounters!

 

Families are the cornerstone of a well-functioning society. True to this motto, the "family" is at the top of our list - unique childhood memories that you should not withhold from your offspring:

• Water adventure world with guaranteed splashing
• Arrrr.. Dino land: taken back to the wild earth medieval times 200 million years ago
• Balance Parcours - the ultimate skills test - shimmying, swinging, floating made easy
• Hiking adventure trail: "Cow Slide" & "Goat Mobile" are waiting for our little guests!

 

High-speed junkies, watch out!

Are you looking for a dare? Then you've come to the right place: the zipline awaits you! Start: Kristallalm Klausberg, finish: Almboden

The famous Alpine Coaster "Klausberg Flitzer", a summer toboggan run, which is unique to South Tyrol due to its length and steepness, has already made one or two break out in a cold sweat - the speed experience of 2 km at Klausberg, peppered with jumps and 360° spins.

Not only ski fans have a lot to discover on the Croda Rossa. In addition to the Holzriese, the steepest slope in Italy, there is a lot to experience, especially for families: the only reindeer herd of the Alps, the giant snowman family, which is waiting for you at the mountain station and a toboggan run that takes you back to the valley.

The brand-new "SONNEN" 10-seat cable car will launch in December 2023 at Klausberg in the Skiworld Ahrntal. It replaces the old 3-seat "Sonnen" ski lift and offers a modern and comfortable ride for 10 people per cabin to over 2,100 m in just 6:12 minutes.

After comprehensive planning, the project started in November 2022. The new lift is a tried-and-tested model from Doppelmayr, chosen for its performance and safety. With a capacity of 2400 people per hour and a focus on child safety, the lift offers an impressive upgrade.

The work is primarily carried out by local companies to ensure short production and delivery routes and to support the local economy. The project will be completed in the fall of 2023 and the first rides will start in December 2023.

Along with the lift upgrade, existing slopes are made wider and safer to enhance the skiing experience. Therefore, "SONNEN" offers a complete upgrade, both in terms of the lift system and the slopes.

Lift Name: Sonnen
Manufacturer: Doppelmayr
Type: 10-seater D-Line cable car
Cabin Capacity: 10 people
Conveyance Capacity: 2,400 p/h
Valley Station: 1,436 m | Mountain Station: 2,014 m
Length: 1,458 m
Travel Time: 6:12 min
Location: Skiarena Klausberg - Skiworld Ahrntal | South Tyrol
Replaces: 3-seat chairlift "Sonnenlift" from 1991

Europe's third-oldest cable car, built in 1912, takes you up to the Vigiljoch - which is now back in operation after a 9-month construction period, completely renovated to the latest state of the art. The ride from 334 to 1,500 metres in the new comfortable cabin for 40 people now takes only 6 minutes. The valley station is located in the centre of Lana, only a 2-minute walk from the Oberlana bus station.

Tickets available at the cable car valley station. Information on prices at www.vigiljoch.com

It's a mere seven-minute ride on South Tyrol's largest ropeway to what the locals lovingly call the sun deck of Merano – that's award-winning architecture and sustainable mobility fused into one of the most cutting-edge ropeway systems in the Alps.

With services running every 15 minutes, each cabin can carry up to 120 passengers (plus one cabin attendant) from the city right to the doorstep of the skiing and hiking resort of Merano 2000 – at an altitude of 2,000 m above sea-level.

Departure: every 15minutes.
Watch out: only cabin no. 2 stops at the middle station (only during summer).

The Alpe di Seceda is located on the sunny side of Val Gardena, at the foot of the Parco Naturale Cisles-Odle (nature reserve), part of the Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage and represents an ideal base for hikes and climbing tours.

At the top station of the cable car you can enjoy a marvellous view of almost the entire South Tyrol as well as of the mountains in Trentino, Lombardy and Austria. Last but not least, you can admire the breathtaking peaks of the nearby Dolomites, of course: from the Tofane, the Sciliar and the Sella Massif to the Sassolungo and the "pearl" of the Dolomites, the "Marmolada".

From the Seceda summit you can enjoy a wonderful view of the Dolomites and of all the mountains in South Tyrol - from Ortles to Großglockner (Austria).

The cable car Unterstell takes hikers and trekkers from Naturno/Naturns, area Compaccio/Kompatsch, to the mountain station Unterstell. Unterstell is the central starting point for extended hikes on the Monte Sole of Naturno and the Texel Group Nature Park.

Ausgangspunkt für ausgedehnte Wanderungen auf dem Naturnser Sonnenberg und im Naturpark Texelgruppe.

Opening Hours Summer
Monday - Sunday from 8 - 19 hrs every half hour.

Evenings open every Wednesday all year through at 19 and 20 hrs.