Gondola · Abtenau, Austria
Hornbahn, Abtenau
Hornbahn is a gondola near Abtenau, Austria. It climbs 610 m over 2.53 km, from 802 m to 1,412 m above sea level. Between its 19 pylons, the cable runs up to about 55 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
58/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Hornbahn is scarier than 58% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 160 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 55 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 1.92 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 354 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 88 m of the 2.53 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hornbahn is near Abtenau, Austria, at 802 m above sea level (47.58870° N, 13.46248° E). From there it runs 2.53 km up to the top station at 1,412 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Panorama Jet Zwieselalm gondola · 4.3 km away · rises 763 m
- Gosaukammbahn cable car · 5.3 km away · rises 553 m
- Donnerkogelbahn gondola · 6.1 km away · rises 605 m
- Katrinseilbahn gondola · 15.6 km away · rises 944 m
- Krippensteinbahn 3 cable car · 17.3 km away · rises 285 m
- Dachstein Südwandbahn cable car · 17.4 km away · rises 872 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.