Gondola · Beatenberg, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Beatenberg-Niederhorn
Luftseilbahn Beatenberg-Niederhorn is a gondola near Beatenberg, Switzerland. It climbs 810 m over 2.33 km, from 1,121 m to 1,931 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 62 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
68/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Beatenberg-Niederhorn is scarier than 68% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 241 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 62 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 815 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 694 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 307 m of the 2.33 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Beatenberg-Niederhorn is near Beatenberg, Switzerland, at 1,121 m above sea level (46.69060° N, 7.76548° E). From there it runs 2.33 km up to the top station at 1,931 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 17 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- Harderbahn funicular · 7.0 km away · rises 714 m
- Luftseilbahn Isenfluh-Sulwald cable car · 12.7 km away · rises 424 m
- Mürrenbahn cable car · 15.1 km away · rises 684 m
- Wengen LWM cable car · 15.9 km away · rises 948 m
- Birg - Schlithorn cable car · 16.7 km away · rises 279 m
- Männlichenbahn, Lauterbrunnen gondola · 17.3 km away · rises 598 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.