Cable car · Bergen, Germany
Hochfelln-Seilbahnen Sektion 1
Hochfelln-Seilbahnen Sektion 1 is a cable car near Bergen, Germany. It climbs 490 m over 3.33 km, from 586 m to 1,076 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 175 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Hochfelln-Seilbahnen Sektion 1 is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 9 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 175 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 2.36 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.82 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 2.41 km of the 3.33 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hochfelln-Seilbahnen Sektion 1 is near Bergen, Germany, at 586 m above sea level (47.79764° N, 12.59131° E). From there it runs 3.33 km up to the top station at 1,076 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Bergener Hochfelln-Seilbahnen GmbH & Co. KG
- Capacity
- 500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 70 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Hochfelln-Seilbahnen Sektion 2 cable car · 2.3 km away · rises 558 m
- Gondelbahn Seegatterl gondola · 14.2 km away · rises 366 m
- Kampenwandbahn gondola · 18.4 km away · rises 846 m
- Hochkössen gondola · 19.6 km away · rises 861 m
- Almbahn II gondola · 20.7 km away · rises 373 m
- Seilbahn Reiteralpe cable car · 21.6 km away · rises 1,039 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.