Gondola · Mariazell, Austria
Bürgeralpe Express
Bürgeralpe Express is a gondola near Mariazell, Austria. It climbs 371 m over 1.41 km, from 879 m to 1,250 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
44/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Bürgeralpe Express is scarier than 44% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 248 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 683 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 381 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Bürgeralpe Express is near Mariazell, Austria, at 879 m above sea level (47.77529° N, 15.31680° E). From there it runs 1.41 km up to the top station at 1,250 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Mariazeller Bürgeralpe Seilbahnbetriebs GmbH
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Funicular near Mitterbach am Erlaufsee funicular · 8.5 km away · rises 209 m
- Raxseilbahn cable car · 35.6 km away · rises 1,007 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.