Cable car · Oberstdorf, Germany
Fellhornbahn I
Fellhornbahn I is a cable car near Oberstdorf, Germany. It climbs 853 m over 2.72 km, from 918 m to 1,772 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 72 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
75/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Fellhornbahn I is scarier than 75% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 21 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 72 m, as high as a 24-storey building, 513 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.01 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 634 m of the 2.72 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Fellhornbahn I is near Oberstdorf, Germany, at 918 m above sea level (47.35231° N, 10.26293° E). From there it runs 2.72 km up to the top station at 1,772 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 100 people
Nearby lines
- Fellhornbahn II gondola · 0.1 km away · rises 848 m
- Fellhorn-Gipfelbahn cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 188 m
- Kanzelwandbahn gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 867 m
- Söllereckbahn II gondola · 4.4 km away · rises 346 m
- Söllereckbahn I gondola · 5.4 km away · rises 23 m
- Schattenbergbahn funicular · 7.1 km away · rises 80 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.