Gondola · Soelden, Austria
Gletscherexpress, Soelden, 2,670–2,749 m
Gletscherexpress is a gondola near Soelden, Austria. It climbs 80 m over 1.62 km, from 2,670 m to 2,749 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 59 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
55/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Gletscherexpress is scarier than 55% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 179 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 59 m, as high as a 20-storey building, 170 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 372 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 10°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 270 m of the 1.62 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gletscherexpress is near Soelden, Austria, at 2,670 m above sea level (46.94155° N, 10.93274° E). From there it runs 1.62 km up to the top station at 2,749 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Schwarze Schneid I gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 310 m
- Schwarze Schneid II gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 261 m
- Tiefenbachbahn gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 448 m
- Gaislachkoglbahn II gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 866 m
- Rotkogl II gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 201 m
- Gletscherexpress, Soelden, 1,731–2,850 m funicular · 4.6 km away · rises 1,119 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.