Gondola · Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria
KiWest
KiWest is a gondola near Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria. It climbs 799 m over 2.91 km, from 945 m to 1,744 m above sea level. Between its 18 pylons, the cable runs up to about 54 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
56/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, KiWest is scarier than 56% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 175 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 54 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 844 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 262 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 31 m of the 2.91 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of KiWest is near Kirchberg in Tirol, Austria, at 945 m above sea level (47.40437° N, 12.30602° E). From there it runs 2.91 km up to the top station at 1,744 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2005
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- Pengelstein I gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 610 m
- Alpenrosenbahn II gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 453 m
- Choralmbahn gondola · 4.4 km away · rises 892 m
- SkiWeltbahn gondola · 4.7 km away · rises 1,007 m
- Maierlbahn gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 679 m
- Alpenrosenbahn I gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 519 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.