Furggen, Alpine summit on the Italian-Swiss border, Aosta Valley, Italy

The Furggen (3,492 m) is a summit of the Pennine Alps on the border between Italy's Aosta Valley and Switzerland's Valais. It is the culminating point of the Furgggrat ridge, which runs from the Furggjoch (3,271 m) to the Theodul Pass (3,295 m), halfway between the Matterhorn and Testa Grigia. Its summit holds the abandoned cable car station designed by Carlo Mollino.

Construction of the cable car from Plan Maison to the summit began in summer 1950, and the lift opened on 25 December 1952. Its single 2,887 m span made it the world's longest at the time, carrying 25 passengers per trip. The line was abandoned in 1993 after ice brought down the cables, and the summit station has stood empty since.

The summit station, designed by Turin architect Carlo Mollino, was built only as a bare reinforced-concrete shell, without its planned pitched roof and restaurant. A 1956 two-exit tunnel led from the station onto the ski slope, and an altar dedicated to don Vietto was placed there in 1966 before being moved to Plateau Rosa in 1994.

The ascent requires appropriate physical preparation and mountaineering gear, especially during adverse weather. It is advisable to start early in the morning to have sufficient daylight and take advantage of better conditions at higher elevations.

The summit station, designed by Turin architect Carlo Mollino, was built only as a reinforced-concrete shell, without its planned pitched roof and restaurant; parts exceeding the Swiss border were removed during construction. The cable car's single 2,887 m span made it the world's longest when it opened on 25 December 1952.