Gondola · Rauris, Austria
Gipfelbahn, Rauris
Gipfelbahn is a gondola near Rauris, Austria. It climbs 527 m over 2.25 km, from 1,646 m to 2,173 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 65 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
60/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Gipfelbahn is scarier than 60% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 141 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 65 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 869 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 293 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 268 m of the 2.25 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gipfelbahn is near Rauris, Austria, at 1,646 m above sea level (47.22123° N, 12.96427° E). From there it runs 2.25 km up to the top station at 2,173 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Waldalmbahn gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 565 m
- Hochalmbahn, Rauris gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 810 m
- Schlossalmbahn II gondola · 11.2 km away · rises 764 m
- Schlossalmbahn I gondola · 12.0 km away · rises 460 m
- Kaserebenbahn gondola · 12.8 km away · rises 793 m
- Gipfelbahn Fulseck I gondola · 13.1 km away · rises 599 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.