Cable car · Kitzbuhel, Austria
Horngipfelbahn
Horngipfelbahn is a cable car near Kitzbuhel, Austria. It climbs 685 m over 2.03 km, from 1,272 m to 1,957 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 256 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
98/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Horngipfelbahn is scarier than 98% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 256 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 452 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.61 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.42 km of the 2.03 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Horngipfelbahn is near Kitzbuhel, Austria, at 1,272 m above sea level (47.46380° N, 12.40801° E). From there it runs 2.03 km up to the top station at 1,957 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 45 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Hornbahn II gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 383 m
- Raintal gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 509 m
- Hornbahn I gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 508 m
- Harschbichl II gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 394 m
- Bauernalmbahn gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 596 m
- Harschbichl I gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 521 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.