Gondola · Grachen, Switzerland
Grächen - Hannigalp
Grächen - Hannigalp is a gondola near Grachen, Switzerland. It climbs 501 m over 2.26 km, from 1,619 m to 2,120 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 54 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
50/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Grächen - Hannigalp is scarier than 50% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 316 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 54 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 939 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 261 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 30 m of the 2.26 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Grächen - Hannigalp is near Grachen, Switzerland, at 1,619 m above sea level (46.19668° N, 7.84153° E). From there it runs 2.26 km up to the top station at 2,120 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Kalpetran-Embd cable car · 2.3 km away · rises 510 m
- Embd-Schalb cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 477 m
- Luftseilbahn Stalden - Staldenried cable car · 3.7 km away · rises 356 m
- Luftseilbahn Staldenried - Gspon cable car · 4.1 km away · rises 739 m
- Seilbahn Schweiben - Eisten - ZumTann cable car · 5.0 km away · rises 369 m
- St. Niklaus - Sparren cable car · 5.0 km away · rises 730 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.