Gondola · Schmirn, Austria
Gletscherbus 3
Gletscherbus 3 is a gondola near Schmirn, Austria. It climbs 614 m over 1.71 km, from 2,598 m to 3,212 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 89 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
81/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Gletscherbus 3 is scarier than 81% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 52 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 89 m, as high as a 30-storey building, 814 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 459 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 597 m of the 1.71 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gletscherbus 3 is near Schmirn, Austria, at 2,598 m above sea level (47.07718° N, 11.67253° E). From there it runs 1.71 km up to the top station at 3,212 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 24 people
Nearby lines
- Gefrorene Wand gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 411 m
- Fernerhaus gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 580 m
- Gletscherbus 1 gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 524 m
- 8er Sommerberg gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 528 m
- Eggalmbahn gondola · 10.6 km away · rises 665 m
- Rastkogelbahn gondola · 12.7 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.