Gondola · Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Kreuzeckbahn
Kreuzeckbahn is a gondola near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. It climbs 877 m over 2.14 km, from 764 m to 1,641 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 118 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
87/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Kreuzeckbahn is scarier than 87% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 15 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 118 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.65 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 794 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.14 km of the 2.14 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Kreuzeckbahn is near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, at 764 m above sea level (47.47152° N, 11.06368° E). From there it runs 2.14 km up to the top station at 1,641 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 15 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Alpspitzbahn cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 1,281 m
- Hochalmbahn, Grainau cable car · 2.4 km away · rises 331 m
- Hausbergbahn gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 606 m
- Graseckbahn cable car · 4.2 km away · rises 102 m
- Eckbauerbahn gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 492 m
- Wankbahn, Garmisch-Partenkirchen gondola · 6.1 km away · rises 429 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.