Cable car · Sennwald, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Hoher Kasten
Luftseilbahn Hoher Kasten is a cable car near Sennwald, Switzerland. It climbs 867 m over 2.54 km, from 924 m to 1,791 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 208 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
96/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Hoher Kasten is scarier than 96% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 35 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 208 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 2.23 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.35 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.78 km of the 2.54 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Hoher Kasten is near Sennwald, Switzerland, at 924 m above sea level (47.29645° N, 9.45680° E). From there it runs 2.54 km up to the top station at 1,791 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- HKDS
- Per cabin
- 50 people
Nearby lines
- Alp Sigel-Bahn cable car · 1.1 km away · rises 654 m
- Luftseilbahn Wasserauen-Ebenalp cable car · 3.9 km away · rises 722 m
- Staubernbahn cable car · 4.0 km away · rises 1,241 m
- Luftseilbahn Jakobsbad-Kronberg cable car · 10.9 km away · rises 771 m
- Luftseilbahn Schwägalp-Säntis cable car · 11.4 km away · rises 1,118 m
- Einseil-Gruppenpendelbahn Wildhaus-Gamplüt cable car · 12.7 km away · rises 268 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.