Gondola · Kitzbuhel, Austria
Hornbahn I
Hornbahn I is a gondola near Kitzbuhel, Austria. It climbs 508 m over 1.78 km, from 766 m to 1,274 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 41 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
27/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Hornbahn I is scarier than 27% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 358 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 41 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 439 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 231 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hornbahn I is near Kitzbuhel, Austria, at 766 m above sea level (47.45018° N, 12.39485° E). From there it runs 1.78 km up to the top station at 1,274 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Hornbahn II gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 383 m
- Horngipfelbahn cable car · 2.0 km away · rises 685 m
- Raintal gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 509 m
- Harschbichl II gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 394 m
- Bauernalmbahn gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 596 m
- Fleckalmbahn gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 972 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.