Gondola · Saalbach, Austria
12er Express
12er Express is a gondola near Saalbach, Austria. It climbs 24 m over 232 m, from 1,067 m to 1,091 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
7/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 12er Express is scarier than 7% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 404 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 165 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 166 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 6°.
Where does it start?
12er Express runs 232 m between two stations near Saalbach, Austria: the east station at 1,067 m above sea level (47.37491° N, 12.59339° E) and the west station at 1,091 m (47.37384° N, 12.59076° E).
Directions to the east station ↗ Directions to the west station ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 60 s
Nearby lines
- Unterschwarzachbahn gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 313 m
- Westgipfelbahn I gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 407 m
- 12er KOGELbahn 1 gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 464 m
- Reiterkogelbahn I gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 430 m
- 12er KOGELbahn 2 gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 452 m
- Westgipfelbahn II gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 598 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.