Cable car · Obervellach, Austria
Ankogelbahn 1
Ankogelbahn 1 is a cable car near Obervellach, Austria. It climbs 660 m over 1.66 km, from 1,280 m to 1,940 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 144 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
91/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Ankogelbahn 1 is scarier than 91% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 21 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 144 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 690 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.11 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.02 km of the 1.66 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Ankogelbahn 1 is near Obervellach, Austria, at 1,280 m above sea level (47.01379° N, 13.18627° E). From there it runs 1.66 km up to the top station at 1,940 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1993
- Capacity
- 800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 25 people
Nearby lines
- Ankogelbahn 2 cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 686 m
- Goldbergbahn II gondola · 9.0 km away · rises 733 m
- Goldbergbahn I gondola · 10.6 km away · rises 330 m
- Stubnerkogelbahn I gondola · 11.3 km away · rises 703 m
- Stubnerkogelbahn II gondola · 11.9 km away · rises 436 m
- Mölltaler Gletscher Express funicular · 12.2 km away · rises 1,011 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.