Cable car · Quarten, Switzerland
Kistenbahn Starkenbach-Selun (Selunbahn)
Kistenbahn Starkenbach-Selun (Selunbahn) is a cable car near Quarten, Switzerland. It climbs 670 m over 1.49 km, from 907 m to 1,577 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 67 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
73/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Kistenbahn Starkenbach-Selun (Selunbahn) is scarier than 73% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 216 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 67 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 810 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 588 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 478 m of the 1.49 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Kistenbahn Starkenbach-Selun (Selunbahn) is near Quarten, Switzerland, at 907 m above sea level (47.18372° N, 9.25065° E). From there it runs 1.49 km up to the top station at 1,577 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Sesselbahn/Gondelbahn Alt St.Johann-Sellamatt gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 499 m
- Luftseilbahn Iltios-Chäserrugg cable car · 4.8 km away · rises 917 m
- Gondelbahn Espel-Stöfeli gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 420 m
- Gondelbahn Stöfeli-Chäserrugg gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 386 m
- SeeJet Sektion 1 (Unterterzen - Oberterzen) gondola · 7.7 km away · rises 231 m
- Einseil-Gruppenpendelbahn Wildhaus-Gamplüt cable car · 8.4 km away · rises 268 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.