Gondola · Galtur, Austria
Breitspitzbahn
Breitspitzbahn is a gondola near Galtur, Austria. It climbs 528 m over 1.73 km, from 1,767 m to 2,295 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
43/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Breitspitzbahn is scarier than 43% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 255 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.28 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 313 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Breitspitzbahn is near Galtur, Austria, at 1,767 m above sea level (46.96793° N, 10.11211° E). From there it runs 1.73 km up to the top station at 2,295 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Alpkogelbahn gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 331 m
- Tafamuntbahn cable car · 4.8 km away · rises 682 m
- Vermuntbahn cable car · 4.9 km away · rises 702 m
- Versettla I gondola · 8.4 km away · rises 506 m
- Versettla II gondola · 9.3 km away · rises 531 m
- Valiserabahn II gondola · 12.4 km away · rises 464 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.