Cable car · Sachseln, Switzerland
Distelboden - Bonistock
Distelboden - Bonistock is a cable car near Sachseln, Switzerland. It climbs 257 m over 952 m, from 1,904 m to 2,161 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 114 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
83/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Distelboden - Bonistock is scarier than 83% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 147 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 114 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 624 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 882 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 654 m of the 952 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Distelboden - Bonistock is near Sachseln, Switzerland, at 1,904 m above sea level (46.77138° N, 8.28137° E). From there it runs 952 m up to the top station at 2,161 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- SMF-ldb
- Capacity
- 380 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 60 people
Nearby lines
- Stöckalp - Melchsee-Frutt gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 854 m
- Gondelbahn Mägisalp-Planplatten (Eagle-Express) gondola · 4.5 km away · rises 528 m
- Gondelbahn Bidmi-Mägisalp gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 279 m
- Tällibahn (Pendelbahn Fuhren - Birchlaui) cable car · 5.6 km away · rises 543 m
- Gondelbahn Wasserwendi-Lischen-Käserstatt gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 665 m
- Gondelbahn Reuti-Bidmi gondola · 6.7 km away · rises 364 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.