Gondola · Piesendorf, Austria
Gletscherjet I
Gletscherjet I is a gondola near Piesendorf, Austria. It climbs 1,069 m over 2.21 km, from 912 m to 1,981 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 87 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
80/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Gletscherjet I is scarier than 80% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 55 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 87 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 1.97 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 454 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 38°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 330 m of the 2.21 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gletscherjet I is near Piesendorf, Austria, at 912 m above sea level (47.22898° N, 12.72598° E). From there it runs 2.21 km up to the top station at 1,981 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,660 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 24 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- Panoramabahn, Piesendorf gondola · 0.1 km away · rises 1,052 m
- 3K K-onnection Kaprun Kitzsteinhorn gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 412 m
- Gletscherjet II gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 470 m
- Lärchwandschrägaufzug funicular · 2.2 km away · rises 427 m
- Gipfelbahn, Piesendorf cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 579 m
- Gletscherjet 4 gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 306 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.