Gondola · Grosskirchheim, Austria
Eisseebahn
Eisseebahn is a gondola near Grosskirchheim, Austria. It climbs 560 m over 1.67 km, from 2,235 m to 2,795 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 53 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
58/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Eisseebahn is scarier than 58% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 161 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 53 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 903 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 246 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 62 m of the 1.67 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Eisseebahn is near Grosskirchheim, Austria, at 2,235 m above sea level (47.01638° N, 13.01590° E). From there it runs 1.67 km up to the top station at 2,795 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1986
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- Mölltaler Gletscher Express funicular · 3.2 km away · rises 1,011 m
- Goldbergbahn I gondola · 5.6 km away · rises 330 m
- Goldbergbahn II gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 733 m
- Stubnerkogelbahn II gondola · 11.9 km away · rises 436 m
- Senderbahn II gondola · 12.1 km away · rises 859 m
- Tunnelbahn Fleißalm, Heiligenblut, 1,748–1,761 m cable car · 12.5 km away · rises 13 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.