The “Prince of Piedmont” cable car, the original name of the Faloria Cristallo lift, was officially opened in Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy on 5 February 1939 when. It took seven months to build and was a formidable piece of engineering: at long last there was a quick and comfortable way of getting from Cortina to Faloria, which made it easier for the growing number of skiing and mountain lovers to reach the snowy paradise that lay at over 2000 m overlooking the “Queen of the Dolomites”.
The difference in height from top to bottom is 900 m and today’s cable car has three stations just like in the past: the valley station in Cortina, located near the bus station (1230 metres a.s.l.), the half-way station in Mandres (1500 m) and the top station, whose last section has a single span and a difference in height of 646 metres. With “an ultra-rapid and thrilling ascent”, passengers get to the Faloria refuge.
This last stretch is particularly exciting because the cable car passes just a couple of metres from the rock face: the line runs parallel to the mountain, so passengers are afforded a spectacular view of the Dolomites which few get to see.
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