Gondola · Hofen, Austria
Hahnenkammbahn Höfen
Hahnenkammbahn Höfen is a gondola near Hofen, Austria. It climbs 808 m over 2.43 km, from 917 m to 1,725 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 66 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
65/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Hahnenkammbahn Höfen is scarier than 65% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 113 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 66 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 380 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 332 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 210 m of the 2.43 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hahnenkammbahn Höfen is near Hofen, Austria, at 917 m above sea level (47.47691° N, 10.67871° E). From there it runs 2.43 km up to the top station at 1,725 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Top Liner funicular · 4.0 km away · rises 165 m
- Ehrenberg Liner funicular · 4.3 km away · rises 107 m
- Füssener Jöchle gondola · 7.2 km away · rises 613 m
- Obere Karbahn II gondola · 8.5 km away · rises 286 m
- Obere Karbahn I gondola · 9.1 km away · rises 91 m
- Gondelbahn Neunerköpfle gondola · 9.7 km away · rises 682 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.