Gondola · Gerlos, Austria
Falschbach
Falschbach is a gondola near Gerlos, Austria. It climbs 436 m over 1.19 km, from 1,867 m to 2,303 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 41 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
28/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Falschbach is scarier than 28% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 355 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 41 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 166 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 192 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Falschbach is near Gerlos, Austria, at 1,867 m above sea level (47.25509° N, 12.07645° E). From there it runs 1.19 km up to the top station at 2,303 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2010
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Königsleiten Gipfelbahn gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 355 m
- Dorfbahn Königsleiten II gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 324 m
- Sonnwendkopfbahn gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 558 m
- Dorfbahn Königsleiten I gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 325 m
- Isskogelbahn gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 638 m
- Dorfbahn Gerlos II gondola · 4.5 km away · rises 494 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.