Cable car · Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Birg - Schlithorn
Birg - Schlithorn is a cable car near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. It climbs 279 m over 1.75 km, from 2,675 m to 2,954 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 331 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
98/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Birg - Schlithorn is scarier than 98% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 8 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 331 m, higher than the Eiffel Tower (330 m), 897 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.71 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 9°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.63 km of the 1.75 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Birg - Schlithorn is near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, at 2,675 m above sea level (46.56176° N, 7.85728° E). From there it runs 1.75 km up to the top station at 2,954 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Mürren - Birg cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 1,041 m
- Allmendhubelbahn funicular · 3.4 km away · rises 257 m
- Gimmelwald – Mürren cable car · 3.6 km away · rises 266 m
- Stechelberg - Mürren cable car · 3.9 km away · rises 773 m
- Stechelberg – Gimmelwald cable car · 4.1 km away · rises 501 m
- Mürrenbahn cable car · 5.9 km away · rises 684 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.