Gondola · Zell am See, Austria
Areitbahn II
Areitbahn II is a gondola near Zell am See, Austria. It climbs 305 m over 1.55 km, from 1,403 m to 1,708 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 55 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
58/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Areitbahn II is scarier than 58% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 158 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 55 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 420 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 258 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 61 m of the 1.55 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Areitbahn II is near Zell am See, Austria, at 1,403 m above sea level (47.30727° N, 12.76708° E). From there it runs 1.55 km up to the top station at 1,708 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Areitbahn III gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 186 m
- trassXpress gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 961 m
- Schmittenhöhebahn cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 1,012 m
- areitXpress gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 630 m
- cityXpress gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 547 m
- Sonnenalmbahn cable car · 2.4 km away · rises 432 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.