Gondola · Piesendorf, Austria
Gletscherjet II
Gletscherjet II is a gondola near Piesendorf, Austria. It climbs 470 m over 1.39 km, from 1,978 m to 2,448 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 54 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
54/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Gletscherjet II is scarier than 54% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 183 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 54 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 1.25 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 229 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 60 m of the 1.39 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gletscherjet II is near Piesendorf, Austria, at 1,978 m above sea level (47.21985° N, 12.69938° E). From there it runs 1.39 km up to the top station at 2,448 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,440 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 15 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Panoramabahn, Piesendorf gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 1,052 m
- Gipfelbahn, Piesendorf cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 579 m
- Gletscherjet I gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 1,069 m
- Lärchwandschrägaufzug funicular · 2.2 km away · rises 427 m
- Gletscherjet 4 gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 306 m
- Gletscher Shuttle funicular · 2.8 km away · rises 98 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.