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Cable car · Hopfgarten in Defereggen, Austria

Cable car near Hopfgarten in Defereggen

Cable car near Hopfgarten in Defereggen is a cable car near Hopfgarten in Defereggen, Austria. It climbs 122 m over 248 m, from 1,520 m to 1,642 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 48 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

39/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Cable car near Hopfgarten in Defereggen is scarier than 39% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 283 of 408 in Austria.

  • Highest above the ground: about 48 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 59 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 221 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Cable car near Hopfgarten in Defereggen is near Hopfgarten in Defereggen, Austria, at 1,520 m above sea level (46.93283° N, 12.54696° E). From there it runs 248 m up to the top station at 1,642 m.

Per cabin
4 people

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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.