Gondola · Schmirn, Austria
8er Sommerberg
8er Sommerberg is a gondola near Schmirn, Austria. It climbs 528 m over 1.34 km, from 1,504 m to 2,032 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 67 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
68/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 8er Sommerberg is scarier than 68% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 92 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 67 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 361 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 347 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 181 m of the 1.34 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 8er Sommerberg is near Schmirn, Austria, at 1,504 m above sea level (47.10691° N, 11.67482° E). From there it runs 1.34 km up to the top station at 2,032 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Gletscherbus 1 gondola · 0.0 km away · rises 524 m
- Fernerhaus gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 580 m
- Gefrorene Wand gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 411 m
- Gletscherbus 3 gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 614 m
- Eggalmbahn gondola · 7.5 km away · rises 665 m
- Rastkogelbahn gondola · 9.8 km away · rises 838 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.