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  2. Mount Faloria - Wikipedia

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    Mount Faloria is a mountain in the Alps of northern Italy, located in the Dolomites near Cortina d'Ampezzo. It has an altitude of 2,352 metres (7,717 ft) and lies in close proximity to Sorapiss . It hosted the men's giant slalom event of the 1956 Winter Olympics , won by Toni Sailer of Austria , the first of three wins in his gold medal sweep ...

  3. The Funicular of Mount Faloria - Wikipedia

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    La Funivia del faloria (The Funicular of Mount Faloria ) is a 1950 Italian documentary film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni. The film takes the viewer on a cable car ride through the Dolomites . Much of the film was shot in Cortina d'Ampezzo .

  4. List of aerial tramways - Wikipedia

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    Kobi - Gudauri , Since 2018 , longest cable car in Europe which is 7.5 km long [22] [23] [24] Vake - Turtle Lake, Tbilisi, Since 1965, was by then third cable car in Tbilisi. 1175 meters long with 12 pers. cabins. University - Bagebi, Tbilisi Since 1982, was by then fifth cable car in Tbilisi. 320 meters long with 40 pers. cabins.

  5. Aerial lift - Wikipedia

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    An aerial lift, [1] also known as a cable car or ropeway, is a means of cable transport in which cabins, cars, gondolas, or open chairs are hauled above the ground by means of one or more cables. Aerial lift systems are frequently employed in a mountainous territory where roads are relatively difficult to build and use, and have seen extensive ...

  6. Cable car (railway) - Wikipedia

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    A San Francisco cable car on the Powell & Hyde line. A cable car (usually known as a cable tram outside North America) is a type of cable railway used for mass transit in which rail cars are hauled by a continuously moving cable running at a constant speed. Individual cars stop and start by releasing and gripping this cable as required.

  7. Gondola lift - Wikipedia

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    The Aerovia cable car system in Guayaquil, Ecuador La télécabine d'Arrondaz in Valfréjus, France Interior of a gondola at Killington Ski Resort, Vermont Classic 1960s 4-seater monocable gondola lift in Emmetten, Switzerland, built by GMD Müller Interior of a gondola lift station, in this case, an intermediate station where gondolas detach ...

  8. Cable car - Wikipedia

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    Cable railway, in which the vehicle rests on rails or a road. Cable car (railway), a type of cable transportation used for mass transit; Funicular, a type of cable transportation on a slope, which is referred to in Japan as "cable car" (ケーブルカー, kēburukā) Cable car may also refer to: Cable Car (cocktail), a modern variant on the ...

  9. List of gondola lifts - Wikipedia

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    Kanin Cable Car in Bovec is the longest gondola lift in Slovenia. It takes skiers from the Bovec valley (436 m) to the central part of the ski slopes (2,200 m). Vogel Cable Car in Bohinj; Velika Planina Cable Car in Kamniška Bistrica valley (supposedly longest unsupported cable car in Europe)