Cable car · Chur, Switzerland
Chur - Känzeli
Chur - Känzeli is a cable car near Chur, Switzerland. It climbs 593 m over 932 m, from 593 m to 1,186 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 126 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
89/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Chur - Känzeli is scarier than 89% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 107 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 126 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 347 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 797 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 545 m of the 932 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Chur - Känzeli is near Chur, Switzerland, at 593 m above sea level (46.84732° N, 9.52576° E). From there it runs 932 m up to the top station at 1,186 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 45 people
Nearby lines
- Känzeli - Brambüesch gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 410 m
- Panoramabahn Heidbüel gondola · 8.1 km away · rises 682 m
- Luftseilbahn Rhäzüns-Feldis cable car · 9.9 km away · rises 797 m
- Seilbahn Vättnerberg cable car · 10.6 km away · rises 621 m
- Urdenbahn cable car · 10.7 km away · rises 65 m
- Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion cable car · 11.3 km away · rises 621 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.