Cable car · Engelberg, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Engelberg-Ristis
Luftseilbahn Engelberg-Ristis is a cable car near Engelberg, Switzerland. It climbs 590 m over 1.59 km, from 1,014 m to 1,603 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 140 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
91/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Engelberg-Ristis is scarier than 91% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 89 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 140 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 656 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.25 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 904 m of the 1.59 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Engelberg-Ristis is near Engelberg, Switzerland, at 1,014 m above sea level (46.81882° N, 8.41525° E). From there it runs 1.59 km up to the top station at 1,603 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Brunni-Bahnen Engelberg AG
- Per cabin
- 65 people
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Kilchbühl-Bord cable car · 0.4 km away · rises 322 m
- Ski-Schanze Engelberg cable car · 1.3 km away · rises 131 m
- TITLIS Xpress (Engelberg-Trübsee-Stand) gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 798 m
- Luftseilbahn Gerschnialp-Trübsee cable car · 2.7 km away · rises 537 m
- Älplerseil (Luftseilbahn Untertrübsee-Trübsee) cable car · 3.6 km away · rises 446 m
- Gondelbahn Trübsee-Stand (TITLIS-Xpress), Engelberg, 1,791–1,796 m gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 4 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.