Cable car · Adelboden, Switzerland
Elsigbach-Elsigenalp
Elsigbach-Elsigenalp is a cable car near Adelboden, Switzerland. It climbs 474 m over 1.42 km, from 1,322 m to 1,796 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 92 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Elsigbach-Elsigenalp is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 176 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 92 m, as high as a 31-storey building, 906 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 826 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 597 m of the 1.42 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Elsigbach-Elsigenalp is near Adelboden, Switzerland, at 1,322 m above sea level (46.52910° N, 7.60647° E). From there it runs 1.42 km up to the top station at 1,796 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 40 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Kandersteg-Allmenalp cable car · 5.0 km away · rises 544 m
- Adelboden-Tschentenalp cable car · 5.9 km away · rises 572 m
- Adelboden-Oey cable car · 5.9 km away · rises 86 m
- Gondelbahn Oeschinensee gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 483 m
- Luftseilbahn Kandersteg-Sunnbüel cable car · 7.3 km away · rises 732 m
- Oey-Bergläger gondola · 7.4 km away · rises 224 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.