Cable car · Dornbirn, Austria
Karrenseilbahn
Karrenseilbahn is a cable car near Dornbirn, Austria. It climbs 496 m over 1.38 km, from 459 m to 955 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 202 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Karrenseilbahn is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 15 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 202 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 948 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.10 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 871 m of the 1.38 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Karrenseilbahn is near Dornbirn, Austria, at 459 m above sea level (47.40049° N, 9.75358° E). From there it runs 1.38 km up to the top station at 955 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Dornbirner Seilbahn GmbH
- Per cabin
- 35 people
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Nearby lines
- Mellaubahn gondola · 12.1 km away · rises 688 m
- Pfänderbahn cable car · 12.4 km away · rises 606 m
- Gipfelbahn, Damuels gondola · 13.2 km away · rises 509 m
- Seilbahn Bezau cable car · 13.3 km away · rises 927 m
- Seilbahn Schnifisberg cable car · 19.1 km away · rises 655 m
- Diedamskopfbahn I gondola · 21.3 km away · rises 820 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.