Cable car · Mittenwald, Germany
Karwendelbahn
Karwendelbahn is a cable car near Mittenwald, Germany. It climbs 1,299 m over 2.10 km, from 933 m to 2,232 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 185 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Karwendelbahn is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 7 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 185 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.29 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 903 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 35°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.35 km of the 2.10 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Karwendelbahn is near Mittenwald, Germany, at 933 m above sea level (47.43828° N, 11.27036° E). From there it runs 2.10 km up to the top station at 2,232 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Karwendelbahn AG
- Capacity
- 350 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 25 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Seefelder Jochbahn cable car · 11.0 km away · rises 302 m
- Härmelekopfbahn cable car · 11.8 km away · rises 278 m
- Rosshütte-Standseilbahn funicular · 11.8 km away · rises 518 m
- Eckbauerbahn gondola · 12.5 km away · rises 492 m
- Graseckbahn cable car · 12.9 km away · rises 102 m
- Wankbahn, Farchant gondola · 13.5 km away · rises 575 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.