Funivia Tofana - Freccia nel Cielo

The Freccia nel Cielo — Arrow in the Sky — is Cortina d’Ampezzo’s most iconic lift and one of the most celebrated cable cars in all of Italy. First opened in 1939 and rebuilt over the decades to meet modern safety and capacity standards, it rises in three stages from Cortina’s valley floor at 1,778 metres to the summit station on Tofana di Mezzo at 3,244 metres, a vertical gain of nearly 1,500 metres that takes skiers from the heart of the resort to the roof of the Ampezzano ski domain.

The Tofana group is a defining feature of Cortina’s landscape: the massive limestone towers of Tofana di Rozes, Tofana di Mezzo and Tofana di Dentro form a protective wall to the west of the town, their pale walls catching the morning light and turning orange-gold at sunset through the enrosadira phenomenon. From the summit station the panorama is one of the finest in the entire Dolomites: the Marmolada glacier, the Civetta walls, the Tre Cime di Lavaredo and Monte Cristallo are all visible on clear days.

The cable car serves as access point for some of the most challenging off-piste terrain in the Dolomites, as well as for the ski mountaineering routes toward the highest Tofana peaks. In summer it carries hikers and via ferrata climbers to the high-altitude trails, making it one of the few Italian cable cars to be genuinely busy in both summer and winter. For the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, the Tofana ski area has undergone significant upgrading to host international competition at the highest level.