Gant-Hohtälli Aerial Tramway
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The Gant-Hohtälli Aerial Tramway is a large-cab cable car
near Zermatt
, Switzerland
. It is 2707 metres long and spans an elevation of some 1057 metres. This cable car is notable in that it runs over the tallest aerial lift pylon in Switzerland, with a height of 94 metres.
Cable car
A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate, or a vehicle on these systems.-Aerial lift:Aerial lifts where the vehicle is suspended in the air from a cable:...
near Zermatt
Zermatt
Zermatt is a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of about 5,800 inhabitants....
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It is 2707 metres long and spans an elevation of some 1057 metres. This cable car is notable in that it runs over the tallest aerial lift pylon in Switzerland, with a height of 94 metres.