Cable car · Silenen, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Golzern
Luftseilbahn Golzern is a cable car near Silenen, Switzerland. It climbs 565 m over 1.21 km, from 830 m to 1,396 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 107 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
84/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Golzern is scarier than 84% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 141 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 107 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 258 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 602 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 775 m of the 1.21 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Golzern is near Silenen, Switzerland, at 830 m above sea level (46.76648° N, 8.71133° E). From there it runs 1.21 km up to the top station at 1,396 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- SBGG
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Steinmatt-Breitlaui cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 338 m
- Luftseilbahn Bristen-Waldiberg cable car · 2.0 km away · rises 392 m
- Luftseilbahn Silenen-Chilcherberge cable car · 3.7 km away · rises 604 m
- Luftseilbahn Intschi-Arnisee cable car · 5.4 km away · rises 712 m
- Schwandibahn cable car · 7.1 km away · rises 635 m
- Luftseilbahn Hofstetten-Wilerli cable car · 9.2 km away · rises 619 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.