Gondola · Schmirn, Austria
Gletscherbus 1
Gletscherbus 1 is a gondola near Schmirn, Austria. It climbs 524 m over 1.34 km, from 1,503 m to 2,027 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 95 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Gletscherbus 1 is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 56 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 95 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 348 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 531 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 364 m of the 1.34 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gletscherbus 1 is near Schmirn, Austria, at 1,503 m above sea level (47.10683° N, 11.67498° E). From there it runs 1.34 km up to the top station at 2,027 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 24 people
Nearby lines
- 8er Sommerberg gondola · 0.0 km away · rises 528 m
- Fernerhaus gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 580 m
- Gefrorene Wand gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 411 m
- Gletscherbus 3 gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 614 m
- Eggalmbahn gondola · 7.5 km away · rises 665 m
- Rastkogelbahn gondola · 9.8 km away · rises 838 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.