Cable car · Vitznau, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Hinterbergen
Luftseilbahn Hinterbergen is a cable car near Vitznau, Switzerland. It climbs 574 m over 1.10 km, from 487 m to 1,061 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 97 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
81/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Hinterbergen is scarier than 81% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 160 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 97 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 259 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 503 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 299 m of the 1.10 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Hinterbergen is near Vitznau, Switzerland, at 487 m above sea level (47.00837° N, 8.48787° E). From there it runs 1.10 km up to the top station at 1,061 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Vitznau –Wissifluh cable car · 0.6 km away · rises 450 m
- Private-CableCar cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 65 m
- Oberschwend-Rigi Burggeist cable car · 3.1 km away · rises 534 m
- Luftseilbahn Kräbel-Rigi Scheidegg cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 877 m
- Luftseilbahn Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car · 4.4 km away · rises 932 m
- Luftseilbahn Emmetten-Eggeli cable car · 6.5 km away · rises 306 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.