Cable car · Rjukan, Norway
Krossobanen
Krossobanen is a cable car near Rjukan, Norway. It climbs 486 m over 798 m, from 394 m to 879 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 76 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Krossobanen is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 12 in Norway.
- Highest above the ground: about 76 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 331 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 798 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 542 m of the 798 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Krossobanen is near Rjukan, Norway, at 394 m above sea level (59.87942° N, 8.55486° E). From there it runs 798 m up to the top station at 879 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Kongheisen funicular · 6.9 km away · rises 4 m
- Gaustabanen funicular · 7.1 km away · rises 409 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.