Gondola · Kriens, Switzerland
Gondola near Kriens
Gondola near Kriens is a gondola near Kriens, Switzerland. It climbs 902 m over 4.83 km, from 513 m to 1,415 m above sea level. Between its 27 pylons, the cable runs up to about 69 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
68/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Gondola near Kriens is scarier than 68% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 238 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 69 m, as high as a 23-storey building, 4.67 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 461 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 607 m of the 4.83 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gondola near Kriens is near Kriens, Switzerland, at 513 m above sea level (47.03044° N, 8.27794° E). From there it runs 4.83 km up to the top station at 1,415 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Pilatus-Bahnen AG
- Capacity
- 750 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 18 min
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Brunni-Alpgschwänd cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 445 m
- Luftseilbahn Fräkmüntegg-Pilatus Kulm cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 646 m
- Gütschbahn funicular · 5.1 km away · rises 76 m
- Luftseilbahn Kälti-Stanserhorn (CabriO) cable car · 10.3 km away · rises 1,138 m
- Luftseilbahn Dallenwil-Wiesenberg cable car · 12.6 km away · rises 517 m
- Luftseilbahn Wiesenberg-Unter Schwändli cable car · 12.8 km away · rises 100 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.