Cable car · Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Gimmelwald – Mürren
Gimmelwald – Mürren is a cable car near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. It climbs 266 m over 1.17 km, from 1,365 m to 1,632 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 73 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
66/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Gimmelwald – Mürren is scarier than 66% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 247 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 73 m, as high as a 24-storey building, 308 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 530 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 15°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 119 m of the 1.17 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gimmelwald – Mürren is near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, at 1,365 m above sea level (46.54716° N, 7.89341° E). From there it runs 1.17 km up to the top station at 1,632 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Stechelberg – Gimmelwald cable car · 0.4 km away · rises 501 m
- Stechelberg - Mürren cable car · 0.6 km away · rises 773 m
- Allmendhubelbahn funicular · 1.1 km away · rises 257 m
- Mürren - Birg cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 1,041 m
- Birg - Schlithorn cable car · 3.6 km away · rises 279 m
- Mürrenbahn cable car · 5.1 km away · rises 684 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.