Gondola · Szczyrk, Poland
Gondola A1, Szczyrk
A1 is a gondola near Szczyrk, Poland. It climbs 410 m over 1.45 km, from 590 m to 1,000 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
28/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, A1 is scarier than 28% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 8 in Poland.
- Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.26 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 264 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of A1 is near Szczyrk, Poland, at 590 m above sea level (49.69619° N, 18.99170° E). From there it runs 1.45 km up to the top station at 1,000 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
- Gondola near Bystra gondola · 8.6 km away · rises 438 m
- Funicular near Wisla funicular · 9.0 km away · rises 113 m
- Kolej linowo-terenowa na Żar funicular · 19.3 km away · rises 300 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.