Cable car · Tromso, Norway
Fjellheisen
Fjellheisen is a cable car near Tromso, Norway. It climbs 355 m over 653 m, from 55 m to 410 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 57 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
68/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Fjellheisen is scarier than 68% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 5 of 12 in Norway.
- Highest above the ground: about 57 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 386 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 653 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 178 m of the 653 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Fjellheisen is near Tromso, Norway, at 55 m above sea level (69.64103° N, 18.98636° E). From there it runs 653 m up to the top station at 410 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.