Gondola · Saalbach, Austria
12er NORD
12er NORD is a gondola near Saalbach, Austria. It climbs 872 m over 1.75 km, from 1,105 m to 1,978 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 47 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
51/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 12er NORD is scarier than 51% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 205 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 47 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 226 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 293 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 12er NORD is near Saalbach, Austria, at 1,105 m above sea level (47.37595° N, 12.56295° E). From there it runs 1.75 km up to the top station at 1,978 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2024
- Capacity
- 2,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- 12er KOGELbahn 2 gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 452 m
- 12er KOGELbahn 1 gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 464 m
- Hochalmbahn, Saalbach gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 263 m
- 12er Express gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 24 m
- Unterschwarzachbahn gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 313 m
- Westgipfelbahn I gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 407 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.