Cable car · Davos, Switzerland
Jakobshornbahn Sektion 2
Jakobshornbahn Sektion 2 is a cable car near Davos, Switzerland. It climbs 634 m over 1.98 km, from 1,928 m to 2,561 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 88 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
76/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Jakobshornbahn Sektion 2 is scarier than 76% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 196 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 88 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 1.55 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 618 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 628 m of the 1.98 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Jakobshornbahn Sektion 2 is near Davos, Switzerland, at 1,928 m above sea level (46.78645° N, 9.83226° E). From there it runs 1.98 km up to the top station at 2,561 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 60 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Güggel cable car · 1.1 km away · rises 92 m
- Jakobshornbahn Sektion 1 cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 396 m
- Schatzalp-Bahn funicular · 2.8 km away · rises 288 m
- Rinerhornbahn gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 594 m
- Pischabahn cable car · 5.9 km away · rises 682 m
- Gipfelbahn, Davos cable car · 6.8 km away · rises 149 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.