Gondola · Brixen im Thale, Austria
Hochbrixen
Hochbrixen is a gondola near Brixen im Thale, Austria. It climbs 496 m over 1.71 km, from 796 m to 1,293 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
33/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Hochbrixen is scarier than 33% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 333 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 353 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 287 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hochbrixen is near Brixen im Thale, Austria, at 796 m above sea level (47.44947° N, 12.24331° E). From there it runs 1.71 km up to the top station at 1,293 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1986
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- SkiWeltbahn gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 1,007 m
- Salvenbahn II gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 649 m
- Hohe Salve gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 673 m
- Alpenrosenbahn I gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 519 m
- Alpenrosenbahn II gondola · 4.2 km away · rises 453 m
- Choralmbahn gondola · 4.4 km away · rises 892 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.