Cable car · Oberstdorf, Germany
Fellhorn-Gipfelbahn
Fellhorn-Gipfelbahn is a cable car near Oberstdorf, Germany. It climbs 188 m over 820 m, from 1,776 m to 1,965 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
50/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Fellhorn-Gipfelbahn is scarier than 50% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 32 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 346 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 561 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Fellhorn-Gipfelbahn is near Oberstdorf, Germany, at 1,776 m above sea level (47.34933° N, 10.22677° E). From there it runs 820 m up to the top station at 1,965 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 60 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Fellhornbahn I cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 853 m
- Fellhornbahn II gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 848 m
- Kanzelwandbahn gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 867 m
- Söllereckbahn II gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 346 m
- Söllereckbahn I gondola · 5.9 km away · rises 23 m
- Ifen I gondola · 6.7 km away · rises 294 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.