Gondola · Silbertal, Austria
Hochalpilabahn
Hochalpilabahn is a gondola near Silbertal, Austria. It climbs 443 m over 1.29 km, from 1,976 m to 2,419 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 81 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
72/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Hochalpilabahn is scarier than 72% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 73 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 81 m, as high as a 27-storey building, 916 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 425 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 274 m of the 1.29 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hochalpilabahn is near Silbertal, Austria, at 1,976 m above sea level (47.05045° N, 9.99226° E). From there it runs 1.29 km up to the top station at 2,419 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Panorama Bahn gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 624 m
- Grasjochbahn gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 1,159 m
- Hochjoch Bahn II cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 508 m
- Zamang Bahn gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 1,152 m
- Hochjoch Bahn I cable car · 4.8 km away · rises 656 m
- Kristbergbahn gondola · 5.0 km away · rises 560 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.