Cable car · Leukerbad, Switzerland
Leukerbad - Rinderhütte
Leukerbad - Rinderhütte is a cable car near Leukerbad, Switzerland. It climbs 927 m over 1.58 km, from 1,385 m to 2,312 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 124 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
91/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Leukerbad - Rinderhütte is scarier than 91% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 91 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 124 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 780 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 904 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 720 m of the 1.58 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Leukerbad - Rinderhütte is near Leukerbad, Switzerland, at 1,385 m above sea level (46.37387° N, 7.62912° E). From there it runs 1.58 km up to the top station at 2,312 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 660 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 80 people
Nearby lines
- Torrentalp - Rinderhütte gondola · 0.7 km away · rises 377 m
- Flaschen - Torrentalp gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 381 m
- Gemmibahn cable car · 2.6 km away · rises 921 m
- Daubensee - Gemmipass cable car · 3.8 km away · rises 126 m
- Luftseilbahn Gampel-Jeizinen cable car · 9.0 km away · rises 884 m
- Luftseilbahn Kandersteg-Sunnbüel cable car · 10.7 km away · rises 732 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.