Cima Tofana Cable Car – How to Visit the top of Cortina d’Ampezzo
Ra Valles to Cima Tofana (3,244m)
And now your final stop: Cima Tofana. A dramatic arrival at one of the Dolomites tallest peaks – and perhaps our visit was a bit more dramatic than others…
We’re pretty fearless when it comes to most things. The final cable car was built in 1971 – and it didn’t look like it had changed much since! Compared to the previous gondolas which are a bit more modern. Half way up to Cima Tofana our cable car came to a complete stop! We had about 20 people in the cable car with us and everyone stopped talking immediately. We were left hanging in mid-air, about 3000m up by this point, for what felt like forever! (In reality, I honestly think it was about 2 minutes, but it felt so much longer). However, they did get us up and running again, and we’d never been so pleased to stand on hard ground once we finally reached Cima Tofana!
But don’t let that put you off! The views from the top truly are stellar! Unfortunately, our little delay on the way up coincided with some low cloud rolling in, so our views were masked slightly. However combined with the snow, arriving at Cima Tofana felt other worldly – the conditions were wildly different from our previous two stops.
Just outside the cable car station, there’s a large wooden terrace and viewing area. If you’re a keen hiker, you can take a short scramble to the very summit of Tofana di Mezzo. As you can see from our photos the weather didn’t quite allow for that!
