Gondola · Schladming, Austria
Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen
Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen is a gondola near Schladming, Austria. It climbs 709 m over 2.06 km, from 1,128 m to 1,837 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 74 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
70/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen is scarier than 70% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 82 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 74 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 1.88 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 426 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 244 m of the 2.06 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen is near Schladming, Austria, at 1,128 m above sea level (47.37611° N, 13.65400° E). From there it runs 2.06 km up to the top station at 1,837 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2013
- Capacity
- 2,539 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Hochwurzen 1 gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 493 m
- Rohrmoos I gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 221 m
- Preunegg Jet gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 703 m
- Planai West I gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 174 m
- Planai West II gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 465 m
- Silver Jet gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 606 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.