Cable car · Davos, Switzerland
Jakobshornbahn Sektion 1
Jakobshornbahn Sektion 1 is a cable car near Davos, Switzerland. It climbs 396 m over 964 m, from 1,535 m to 1,931 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 103 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
83/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Jakobshornbahn Sektion 1 is scarier than 83% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 149 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 103 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 457 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 859 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 476 m of the 964 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Jakobshornbahn Sektion 1 is near Davos, Switzerland, at 1,535 m above sea level (46.79169° N, 9.82212° E). From there it runs 964 m up to the top station at 1,931 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,250 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Schatzalp-Bahn funicular · 1.3 km away · rises 288 m
- Jakobshornbahn Sektion 2 cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 634 m
- Güggel cable car · 2.6 km away · rises 92 m
- Gipfelbahn, Davos cable car · 5.4 km away · rises 149 m
- Rinerhornbahn gondola · 5.6 km away · rises 594 m
- Parsennhüttenbahn cable car · 6.0 km away · rises 466 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.