Cable car · Sennwald, Switzerland
Alp Sigel-Bahn
Alp Sigel-Bahn is a cable car near Sennwald, Switzerland. It climbs 654 m over 858 m, from 937 m to 1,591 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 206 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
96/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Alp Sigel-Bahn is scarier than 96% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 36 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 206 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 368 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 846 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 39°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 766 m of the 858 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Alp Sigel-Bahn is near Sennwald, Switzerland, at 937 m above sea level (47.28765° N, 9.46344° E). From there it runs 858 m up to the top station at 1,591 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Hoher Kasten cable car · 1.1 km away · rises 867 m
- Luftseilbahn Wasserauen-Ebenalp cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 722 m
- Staubernbahn cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 1,241 m
- Luftseilbahn Jakobsbad-Kronberg cable car · 10.2 km away · rises 771 m
- Luftseilbahn Schwägalp-Säntis cable car · 10.4 km away · rises 1,118 m
- Einseil-Gruppenpendelbahn Wildhaus-Gamplüt cable car · 11.7 km away · rises 268 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.