Cimetta, Television tower and observation point in Locarno region, Switzerland.

Cimetta is a 1671 m summit of the Lepontine Alps above Locarno, reached from Cardada by a chairlift built between 1956 and 1965. Its viewing platform displays 28 rock types from two geological regions, and a restaurant with an outdoor terrace stands beside the top station. The panorama takes in the Maggia delta, the lowest point of Switzerland, and the Dufourspitze, the country's highest.

Cimetta is a 1671 m summit in the Lepontine Alps above Locarno. A chairlift from Cardada reached the summit from 1956, and three ski lifts followed by 1965, built by Ulisse Del-Grande, father of Swiss national ski racer Justa Del-Grande. He owned and ran the lifts until 1999, when a joint-stock company took over their operation.

The summit platform displays 28 rock types from two geological regions, a collection that lets visitors read the landscape stretching from the Maggia delta, Switzerland's lowest point, to the Dufourspitze, its highest. A restaurant with an outdoor terrace stands beside the top station of the chairlift.

Access involves taking a red cable car from Orselina to Cardada at 1340 meters, then a two-seat chairlift to the summit. The journey is relatively short, but it is wise to wear sturdy shoes since the peak can be windy and significantly colder than the valley below.

On the summit viewing platform, 28 different types of rock from two geological regions are displayed, letting visitors see the stone of the Lepontine Alps underfoot. From here the view runs from the Maggia delta between Locarno and Ascona, the lowest point of Switzerland, to the Dufourspitze in the Monte Rosa massif, the country's highest point.