For the first time in almost forty years, visitors may soon be able to reach the Virgolo mountain in Bolzano, Italy, by cable car. On Wednesday, Norwegian firm Snøhetta won an international competition hosted by the SIGNA Group for their design of a new mountaintop transit system for the Alpine city.
The trip between the conceptual design’s two ring-like stations—one toward the top of the mountain and the other at its base—will take 71 seconds, according to Snøhetta, making the total travel time from Bolzano’s historic city center, the Piazza Walther, about five minutes.
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