Cable car · Ettal, Germany
Laber-Bergbahn
Laber-Bergbahn is a cable car near Ettal, Germany. It climbs 768 m over 1.87 km, from 902 m to 1,670 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 194 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
96/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Laber-Bergbahn is scarier than 96% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 194 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.20 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.87 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.72 km of the 1.87 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Laber-Bergbahn is near Ettal, Germany, at 902 m above sea level (47.59797° N, 11.08533° E). From there it runs 1.87 km up to the top station at 1,670 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 120 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 12 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Wankbahn, Garmisch-Partenkirchen gondola · 10.0 km away · rises 429 m
- Wankbahn, Farchant gondola · 10.2 km away · rises 575 m
- Hausbergbahn gondola · 13.1 km away · rises 606 m
- Eckbauerbahn gondola · 13.3 km away · rises 492 m
- Graseckbahn cable car · 13.8 km away · rises 102 m
- Kreuzeckbahn gondola · 14.7 km away · rises 877 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.