Cable car · Grachen, Switzerland
Embd-Schalb
Embd-Schalb is a cable car near Grachen, Switzerland. It climbs 477 m over 738 m, from 1,412 m to 1,890 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
53/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Embd-Schalb is scarier than 53% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 307 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 609 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 234 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 48°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Embd-Schalb is near Grachen, Switzerland, at 1,412 m above sea level (46.21505° N, 7.82597° E). From there it runs 738 m up to the top station at 1,890 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Kalpetran-Embd cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 510 m
- Grächen - Hannigalp gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 501 m
- St. Niklaus - Sparren cable car · 4.4 km away · rises 730 m
- Luftseilbahn Stalden - Staldenried cable car · 4.7 km away · rises 356 m
- Luftseilbahn Staldenried - Gspon cable car · 5.7 km away · rises 739 m
- Seilbahn Schweiben - Eisten - ZumTann cable car · 8.0 km away · rises 369 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.