How Europe’s Engineers Built the Steepest Cable Cars on Impossible Alpine Cliffs

Описание: How do engineers build a cable car on cliffs so steep they’re almost vertical?

In this documentary, discover how European engineers constructed one of the steepest cable car systems ever built—suspended above Alpine rock faces where the terrain offers almost no flat ground, and every decision must account for wind, ice, and gravity. From the first route surveys and load calculations to construction at extreme altitude, this project pushes precision engineering to its limits.

You’ll see how towers are anchored into solid bedrock, how kilometers of steel cable are pulled, tensioned, and spliced under enormous loads, and how stations are built into cliffside foundations designed to resist vibration, temperature swings, and long-term fatigue. Every step happens in hostile conditions: sudden storms, whiteouts, heavy snow, and narrow access routes where normal cranes can’t reach.

Step inside the construction zone, where helicopters fly multi-ton components into place, crews work from suspended platforms, and alignment tolerances are measured down to millimeters. Watch how drive systems, brakes, evacuations routes, and redundant safety controls are integrated—so cabins weighing several tons can operate reliably year-round, even when the mountain turns violent.

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00:00 Intro
00:55 Project Overview
01:47 Design & Engineering
02:21 Site Preparation (Blasting)
03:10 Logistics (Temporary Cable Crane)
03:56 Station Construction
04:38 Cables & Towers Manufacturing
06:01 Installation (Cables & Cabins)
07:33 Controls, Testing & Outro