Gondola · Wildhaus, Switzerland
Gondelbahn Espel-Stöfeli
Gondelbahn Espel-Stöfeli is a gondola near Wildhaus, Switzerland. It climbs 420 m over 1.43 km, from 1,262 m to 1,682 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 64 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
60/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Gondelbahn Espel-Stöfeli is scarier than 60% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 282 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 64 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 514 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 290 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 130 m of the 1.43 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gondelbahn Espel-Stöfeli is near Wildhaus, Switzerland, at 1,262 m above sea level (47.18445° N, 9.31985° E). From there it runs 1.43 km up to the top station at 1,682 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2015
- Capacity
- 2,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Iltios-Chäserrugg cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 917 m
- Gondelbahn Stöfeli-Chäserrugg gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 386 m
- Sesselbahn/Gondelbahn Alt St.Johann-Sellamatt gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 499 m
- Einseil-Gruppenpendelbahn Wildhaus-Gamplüt cable car · 4.4 km away · rises 268 m
- Kistenbahn Starkenbach-Selun (Selunbahn) cable car · 5.1 km away · rises 670 m
- Luftseilbahn Schwägalp-Säntis cable car · 8.4 km away · rises 1,118 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.