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Cable car · Werfen, Austria

Cable car near Werfen

Cable car near Werfen is a cable car near Werfen, Austria. It climbs 452 m over 505 m, from 1,091 m to 1,543 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 88 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

81/100 · Scary

By the numbers, Cable car near Werfen is scarier than 81% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 53 of 408 in Austria.

  • Highest above the ground: about 88 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 244 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 411 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 42°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 274 m of the 505 m ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Cable car near Werfen is near Werfen, Austria, at 1,091 m above sea level (47.50292° N, 13.19037° E). From there it runs 505 m up to the top station at 1,543 m.

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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.