Gondola · Sankt Gallenkirch, Austria
Grasjochbahn
Grasjochbahn is a gondola near Sankt Gallenkirch, Austria. It climbs 1,159 m over 3.69 km, from 814 m to 1,973 m above sea level. Between its 20 pylons, the cable runs up to about 113 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
83/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Grasjochbahn is scarier than 83% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 43 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 113 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 2.87 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 360 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 478 m of the 3.69 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Grasjochbahn is near Sankt Gallenkirch, Austria, at 814 m above sea level (47.02279° N, 9.96467° E). From there it runs 3.69 km up to the top station at 1,973 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 12 min
Nearby lines
- Hochalpilabahn gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 443 m
- Valiserabahn I gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 818 m
- Panorama Bahn gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 624 m
- Zamang Bahn gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 1,152 m
- Valiserabahn II gondola · 4.7 km away · rises 464 m
- Hochjoch Bahn II cable car · 4.8 km away · rises 508 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.