Cable car · Alpnach, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Fräkmüntegg-Pilatus Kulm
Luftseilbahn Fräkmüntegg-Pilatus Kulm is a cable car near Alpnach, Switzerland. It climbs 646 m over 1.23 km, from 1,415 m to 2,062 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 215 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Fräkmüntegg-Pilatus Kulm is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 41 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 215 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.08 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 726 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.04 km of the 1.23 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Fräkmüntegg-Pilatus Kulm is near Alpnach, Switzerland, at 1,415 m above sea level (46.99049° N, 8.25144° E). From there it runs 1.23 km up to the top station at 2,062 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1956-03-09
- Operator
- Pilatus-Bahnen AG
- Capacity
- 589 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 55 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Brunni-Alpgschwänd cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 445 m
- Gütschbahn funicular · 8.1 km away · rises 76 m
- Luftseilbahn Kälti-Stanserhorn (CabriO) cable car · 8.7 km away · rises 1,138 m
- Luftseilbahn Wiesenberg-Unter Schwändli cable car · 11.2 km away · rises 100 m
- Luftseilbahn Dallenwil-Wiesenberg cable car · 11.3 km away · rises 517 m
- Luftseilbahn Dallenwil-Wirzweli cable car · 11.9 km away · rises 647 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.