Gondola · Ellmau, Austria
Hartkaiserbahn
Hartkaiserbahn is a gondola near Ellmau, Austria. It climbs 706 m over 2.17 km, from 816 m to 1,523 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 64 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
65/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Hartkaiserbahn is scarier than 65% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 114 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 64 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 1.26 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 365 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 337 m of the 2.17 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hartkaiserbahn is near Ellmau, Austria, at 816 m above sea level (47.50784° N, 12.29313° E). From there it runs 2.17 km up to the top station at 1,523 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2015
- Operator
- Skiwelt Wilder Kaiser Brixental
- Capacity
- 3,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Brandstadl II gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 404 m
- Brandstadl I gondola · 2.7 km away · rises 554 m
- 4EUB Brandstadl gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 963 m
- Hochbrixen gondola · 6.1 km away · rises 496 m
- Hexenwasserbahn gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 417 m
- Hohe Salve gondola · 6.9 km away · rises 673 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.