Gondola · Dienten am Hochkonig, Austria
Kings Cab
Kings Cab is a gondola near Dienten am Hochkonig, Austria. It climbs 416 m over 2.03 km, from 1,326 m to 1,742 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
26/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Kings Cab is scarier than 26% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 359 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.65 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 251 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Kings Cab is near Dienten am Hochkonig, Austria, at 1,326 m above sea level (47.38544° N, 13.07322° E). From there it runs 2.03 km up to the top station at 1,742 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2008
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Karbachalm gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 673 m
- Gabühelbahn gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 544 m
- SINALCObahn gondola · 7.3 km away · rises 733 m
- Sonnbergbahn gondola · 11.0 km away · rises 335 m
- Abergbahn gondola · 11.1 km away · rises 454 m
- Natrunbahn gondola · 11.1 km away · rises 357 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.