Cable car · Grainau, Germany
Alpspitzbahn
Alpspitzbahn is a cable car near Grainau, Germany. It climbs 1,281 m over 3.55 km, from 749 m to 2,030 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 246 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
97/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Alpspitzbahn is scarier than 97% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 246 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.91 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.18 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 2.25 km of the 3.55 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Alpspitzbahn is near Grainau, Germany, at 749 m above sea level (47.47068° N, 11.06130° E). From there it runs 3.55 km up to the top station at 2,030 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 750 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 80 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- Kreuzeckbahn gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 877 m
- Hochalmbahn, Grainau cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 331 m
- Hausbergbahn gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 606 m
- Graseckbahn cable car · 5.0 km away · rises 102 m
- Seilbahn Zugspitze cable car · 5.4 km away · rises 1,934 m
- Eckbauerbahn gondola · 5.8 km away · rises 492 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.