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Photo: Blak-ah, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
One of the few aerial tramways in Western Norway. Built only to offer visitors the best panorama of the lovely Loen/Olden area.
Loen Skylift is an aerial tramway in the village of Loen in Stryn Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The cable car climbs 1,011 metres (3,317 ft) to the top of Mount Hoven, above the Nordfjord. The maximum speed is 7 metres per second (16 mph). With a gradient up to 60°, it is one of the steepest in the world. The average is 45°. The gondola car is 170 metres (560 ft) above ground at the highest. It is the first aerial tramway installed in Norway since Hangursbanen in 1963.
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