Cable car · Schladming, Austria
Dachstein Südwandbahn
Dachstein Südwandbahn is a cable car near Schladming, Austria. It climbs 872 m over 1.93 km, from 1,696 m to 2,568 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 273 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
99/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Dachstein Südwandbahn is scarier than 99% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 273 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 898 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.93 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.77 km of the 1.93 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Dachstein Südwandbahn is near Schladming, Austria, at 1,696 m above sea level (47.45099° N, 13.61804° E). From there it runs 1.93 km up to the top station at 2,568 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 50 people
Nearby lines
- Krippensteinbahn 3 cable car · 8.2 km away · rises 285 m
- Papagenobahn gondola · 8.6 km away · rises 539 m
- Hochwurzen 1 gondola · 8.8 km away · rises 493 m
- Rohrmoos I gondola · 8.8 km away · rises 221 m
- Silver Jet gondola · 9.0 km away · rises 606 m
- Planai West I gondola · 9.3 km away · rises 174 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.