Gondola · Saalbach, Austria
Bernkogelbahn
Bernkogelbahn is a gondola near Saalbach, Austria. It climbs 564 m over 1.92 km, from 1,015 m to 1,579 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
33/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Bernkogelbahn is scarier than 33% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 329 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 323 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 267 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Bernkogelbahn is near Saalbach, Austria, at 1,015 m above sea level (47.39305° N, 12.63596° E). From there it runs 1.92 km up to the top station at 1,579 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,017 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Kohlmaisbahn I gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 354 m
- Schattberg X-Press I gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 491 m
- Kohlmaisbahn II gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 412 m
- Schattberg X-Press II gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 528 m
- Reiterkogelbahn I gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 430 m
- TirolS II gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 728 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.