Gondola · Lech, Austria
Flexenbahn
Flexenbahn is a gondola near Lech, Austria. It climbs 572 m over 1.66 km, from 1,646 m to 2,218 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 85 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Flexenbahn is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 57 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 85 m, as high as a 28-storey building, 1.38 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 399 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 38°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 473 m of the 1.66 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Flexenbahn is near Lech, Austria, at 1,646 m above sea level (47.13857° N, 10.18017° E). From there it runs 1.66 km up to the top station at 2,218 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Trittkopfbahn II gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 200 m
- Trittkopfbahn I gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 498 m
- Albonabahn I gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 432 m
- Albonabahn II gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 681 m
- Vallugabahn II cable car · 2.7 km away · rises 169 m
- Schindlergratbahn gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 543 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.