Gondola · Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Eckbauerbahn
Eckbauerbahn is a gondola near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. It climbs 492 m over 2.07 km, from 734 m to 1,226 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 52 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
49/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Eckbauerbahn is scarier than 49% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 33 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 52 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 1.29 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 336 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Eckbauerbahn is near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, at 734 m above sea level (47.48152° N, 11.11897° E). From there it runs 2.07 km up to the top station at 1,226 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 570 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- Graseckbahn cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 102 m
- Hausbergbahn gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 606 m
- Wankbahn, Garmisch-Partenkirchen gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 429 m
- Wankbahn, Farchant gondola · 3.5 km away · rises 575 m
- Kreuzeckbahn gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 877 m
- Alpspitzbahn cable car · 5.8 km away · rises 1,281 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.