Gondola · Stans, Austria
Karwendel-Bergbahn
Karwendel-Bergbahn is a gondola near Stans, Austria. It climbs 526 m over 1.07 km, from 963 m to 1,489 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
52/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Karwendel-Bergbahn is scarier than 52% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 198 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 167 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 255 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Karwendel-Bergbahn is near Stans, Austria, at 963 m above sea level (47.43711° N, 11.69680° E). From there it runs 1.07 km up to the top station at 1,489 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 15 people
Nearby lines
- Rofanseilbahn cable car · 4.6 km away · rises 849 m
- Spieljochbahn II gondola · 13.8 km away · rises 664 m
- Reitherkogelbahn gondola · 13.9 km away · rises 535 m
- Spieljochbahn I gondola · 14.6 km away · rises 558 m
- Panoramabahn Geols gondola · 14.8 km away · rises 807 m
- Wiedersbergerhornbahn (Sektion I) gondola · 17.8 km away · rises 531 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.