Gondola · Krimml, Austria
Königsleiten Gipfelbahn
Königsleiten Gipfelbahn is a gondola near Krimml, Austria. It climbs 355 m over 1.23 km, from 1,945 m to 2,300 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 47 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
43/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Königsleiten Gipfelbahn is scarier than 43% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 252 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 47 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 203 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 245 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Königsleiten Gipfelbahn is near Krimml, Austria, at 1,945 m above sea level (47.26244° N, 12.10628° E). From there it runs 1.23 km up to the top station at 2,300 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2011
- Capacity
- 2,754 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Dorfbahn Königsleiten II gondola · 0.4 km away · rises 324 m
- Falschbach gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 436 m
- Sonnwendkopfbahn gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 558 m
- Dorfbahn Königsleiten I gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 325 m
- Isskogelbahn gondola · 5.0 km away · rises 638 m
- Dorfbahn Gerlos II gondola · 5.7 km away · rises 494 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.