Funivia di Pigra
Near-vertical bifune cable car climbing a mountainside at grades over ninety percent, said to be Italy's steepest.
This guide to the Funivia di Pigra, climbing out of Argegno on Lake Como, follows the cable car locals call the steepest in Italy, and the riders who describe the sensation of gravity switching off as the cabin lunges up the rock face. It tracks the line's numbers, its 1971 opening as a bifune system, and its top-to-bottom rebuild reopened in June two thousand eleven, alongside the eagles and hairpin road that shrink below the swaying floor. You'll also hear why, past the panorama, this is less a thrill ride than the only quick way home for the families who still live in the mountain village of Pigra.
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