Gondola · Niedernsill, Austria
Gletscherjet 4
Gletscherjet 4 is a gondola near Niedernsill, Austria. It climbs 306 m over 1.16 km, from 2,625 m to 2,931 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
39/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Gletscherjet 4 is scarier than 39% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 291 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 746 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 532 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gletscherjet 4 is near Niedernsill, Austria, at 2,625 m above sea level (47.20064° N, 12.68101° E). From there it runs 1.16 km up to the top station at 2,931 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Gipfelbahn, Piesendorf cable car · 0.6 km away · rises 579 m
- Gletscher Shuttle funicular · 0.7 km away · rises 98 m
- Gletscherjet II gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 470 m
- Lärchwandschrägaufzug funicular · 3.1 km away · rises 427 m
- Panoramabahn, Piesendorf gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 1,052 m
- Gletscherjet I gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 1,069 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.