Gondola · Sankt Johann im Pongau, Austria
Buchaubahn
Buchaubahn is a gondola near Sankt Johann im Pongau, Austria. It climbs 741 m over 2.05 km, from 1,040 m to 1,781 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 48 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
50/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Buchaubahn is scarier than 50% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 212 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 48 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 441 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 258 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Buchaubahn is near Sankt Johann im Pongau, Austria, at 1,040 m above sea level (47.32612° N, 13.24058° E). From there it runs 2.05 km up to the top station at 1,781 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2007
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Alpendorf Gondelbahn gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 834 m
- Grafenbergbahn gondola · 3.5 km away · rises 850 m
- Grafenberg-Express I gondola · 4.3 km away · rises 373 m
- G-Link Wagrain cable car · 5.0 km away · rises 6 m
- Flying Mozart I gondola · 5.9 km away · rises 332 m
- Flying Mozart II gondola · 7.3 km away · rises 624 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.