Gondola · Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, Austria
Brandstadl I
Brandstadl I is a gondola near Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, Austria. It climbs 554 m over 2.17 km, from 684 m to 1,238 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 64 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
63/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Brandstadl I is scarier than 63% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 122 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 64 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 1.02 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 325 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 177 m of the 2.17 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Brandstadl I is near Scheffau am Wilden Kaiser, Austria, at 684 m above sea level (47.52002° N, 12.24895° E). From there it runs 2.17 km up to the top station at 1,238 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2002
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- 4EUB Brandstadl gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 963 m
- Brandstadl II gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 404 m
- Hartkaiserbahn gondola · 2.7 km away · rises 706 m
- Hexenwasserbahn gondola · 4.5 km away · rises 417 m
- Hans im Glück gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 108 m
- Hohe Salve gondola · 5.5 km away · rises 673 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.