Cable car · Giswil, Switzerland
Bärfallen - Rick
Bärfallen - Rick is a cable car near Giswil, Switzerland. It climbs 215 m over 377 m, from 794 m to 1,009 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 67 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
65/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Bärfallen - Rick is scarier than 65% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 251 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 67 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 110 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 160 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 40°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 110 m of the 377 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Bärfallen - Rick is near Giswil, Switzerland, at 794 m above sea level (46.83274° N, 8.19681° E). From there it runs 377 m up to the top station at 1,009 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Lungern-Turren cable car · 6.6 km away · rises 827 m
- Stöckalp - Melchsee-Frutt gondola · 7.5 km away · rises 854 m
- Gondelbahn Wasserwendi-Lischen-Käserstatt gondola · 8.9 km away · rises 665 m
- Distelboden - Bonistock cable car · 9.2 km away · rises 257 m
- Gondelbahn Bidmi-Mägisalp gondola · 9.6 km away · rises 279 m
- Gondelbahn Reuti-Bidmi gondola · 10.3 km away · rises 364 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.