Cable car · Predeal, Romania
Kanzel
Kanzel is a cable car near Predeal, Romania. It climbs 682 m over 2.32 km, from 1,059 m to 1,742 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 86 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
80/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Kanzel is scarier than 80% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 7 of 19 in Romania.
- Highest above the ground: about 86 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 525 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 953 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.32 km of the 2.32 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Kanzel is near Predeal, Romania, at 1,059 m above sea level (45.58695° N, 25.55174° E). From there it runs 2.32 km up to the top station at 1,742 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 44 people
Nearby lines
- Postăvarul Expres gondola · 0.1 km away · rises 658 m
- Capra Neagră cable car · 0.4 km away · rises 730 m
- Lift cremalieră Cetatea Râșnov funicular · 7.2 km away · rises 67 m
- Telecabina Tâmpa cable car · 7.3 km away · rises 302 m
- Telegondola, Azuga gondola · 16.0 km away · rises 543 m
- Telecabina Peștera - Babele cable car · 21.0 km away · rises 563 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.