Gondola · Zell am See, Austria
areitXpress
areitXpress is a gondola near Zell am See, Austria. It climbs 630 m over 1.72 km, from 764 m to 1,394 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
23/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, areitXpress is scarier than 23% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 375 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 608 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 214 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of areitXpress is near Zell am See, Austria, at 764 m above sea level (47.30000° N, 12.78840° E). From there it runs 1.72 km up to the top station at 1,394 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Areitbahn II gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 305 m
- cityXpress gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 547 m
- trassXpress gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 961 m
- Sonnenalmbahn cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 432 m
- Areitbahn III gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 186 m
- Schmittenhöhebahn cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 1,012 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.