Gondola · Arosa, Switzerland
Hörnli-Express
Hörnli-Express is a gondola near Arosa, Switzerland. It climbs 661 m over 3.02 km, from 1,830 m to 2,492 m above sea level. Between its 25 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
38/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Hörnli-Express is scarier than 38% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 350 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 2.18 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 273 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Hörnli-Express is near Arosa, Switzerland, at 1,830 m above sea level (46.77273° N, 9.65967° E). From there it runs 3.02 km up to the top station at 2,492 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- Kulm gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 203 m
- Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 621 m
- Tschuggen Express funicular · 2.3 km away · rises 154 m
- Urdenbahn cable car · 2.4 km away · rises 65 m
- Weisshornbahn 1. Sektion cable car · 2.9 km away · rises 259 m
- Rothorn 2 cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 949 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.