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Gondola · Rossleithen, Austria

Hirschkogelbahn

Hirschkogelbahn is a gondola near Rossleithen, Austria. It climbs 384 m over 1.63 km, from 1,258 m to 1,643 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 45 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

36/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Hirschkogelbahn is scarier than 36% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 308 of 408 in Austria.

  • Highest above the ground: about 45 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 833 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 270 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Hirschkogelbahn is near Rossleithen, Austria, at 1,258 m above sea level (47.68184° N, 14.15653° E). From there it runs 1.63 km up to the top station at 1,643 m.

Capacity
2,400 people per hour
Per cabin
10 people

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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.