Fuente Dé cable car

Fuente Dé cable car
Teleférico de Fuente Dé
Fuente Dé cable car ; Teleférico de Fuente Dé
Overview
Status	Operational
Location	Camaleño, Spain
Open	1966
Operation
Owner	Cantur S.A.
Operator	Cantur S.A.
Carrier capacity	20 Passengers per cabin, 2 cabins
Trip duration	3 min 40
Technical features
Line length	1.45 kilometres (0.9 mi)
Vertical Interval	753 m (2,470 ft)

Fuente Dé cable car (in Spanish teleférico de Fuente Dé) is an aerial lift line of Cantabria (Spain).

History[]

The idea of connecting a high-mountain area in the heart of Picos de Europa with Fuente Dé was firstly developed by José Antonio Odriozola, former president of the ''Federación Española de Montañism (Spanish Mountaineering Federation^[2]), whose family was from comarca of Liébana. The line was designed by engineer and architect . Its construction started in November 1962 and the opening ceremony was held on August 21, 1966.^[3]

Features[]

The line covers a 753-metre (2,470 ft) vertical drop. Its bottom station is located at 1,090-metre (3,576 ft) and the upper one at 1,850-metre (6,070 ft). Cabins transport capacity is of 20 people and the trip, which does not have intermediate stops, lasts 3'40". The line has a single span and two independent sections with one cabin each, that can be operated separately. Cables length is 1,450-metre (4,757 ft) and the speed of cabins is usually 10-metre (33 ft)/s^[4] Fuente Dé ropeway is the longest single-span aerial lift of Europe.^[5]

Image gallery[]

Bottom station
An old-style cabin (2007)
Present-day cabin (2016)
Upper station

References[]

^ Sociedad Regional Cántabra de Promoción Turística, public society of Government of Cantabria
^ "José Antonio Odriozola Calvo". Retrieved 2017-01-29.
^ Esteban, Blanca (2010-02-25). "Fuente Dé, un teleférico especial" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ "Teleférico de Fuente Dé" (in Spanish). CANTUR. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ Steves, Rick (2015). Rick Steves Spain 2016. Avalon Travel. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

External links[]

Cableway officiale site: Teleférico de Fuente Dé

Coordinates: 43°08′39″N 4°48′44″W / 43.1442°N 4.8122°W / 43.1442; -4.8122

[1] Sociedad Regional Cántabra de Promoción Turística, public society of Government of Cantabria

[2] "José Antonio Odriozola Calvo". Retrieved 2017-01-29.

[3] Esteban, Blanca (2010-02-25). "Fuente Dé, un teleférico especial" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-01-28.

[4] "Teleférico de Fuente Dé" (in Spanish). CANTUR. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

[5] Steves, Rick (2015). Rick Steves Spain 2016. Avalon Travel. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

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