Gondola · Schladming, Austria
Hochwurzen 1
Hochwurzen 1 is a gondola near Schladming, Austria. It climbs 493 m over 1.89 km, from 774 m to 1,267 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 54 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
48/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Hochwurzen 1 is scarier than 48% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 221 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 54 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 445 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 225 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hochwurzen 1 is near Schladming, Austria, at 774 m above sea level (47.38585° N, 13.61289° E). From there it runs 1.89 km up to the top station at 1,267 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1998
- Capacity
- 1,639 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Preunegg Jet gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 703 m
- Silver Jet gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 606 m
- Gipfelbahn Hochwurzen gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 709 m
- Rohrmoos I gondola · 3.8 km away · rises 221 m
- Planai West I gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 174 m
- Planai West II gondola · 5.4 km away · rises 465 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.