Cable car · Muotathal, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Illgau - St. Karl
Luftseilbahn Illgau - St. Karl is a cable car near Muotathal, Switzerland. It climbs 361 m over 1.40 km, from 817 m to 1,178 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 70 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
68/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Illgau - St. Karl is scarier than 68% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 237 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 70 m, as high as a 23-storey building, 350 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 518 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 365 m of the 1.40 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Illgau - St. Karl is near Muotathal, Switzerland, at 817 m above sea level (46.98793° N, 8.72610° E). From there it runs 1.40 km up to the top station at 1,178 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- LIV
- Capacity
- 48 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Illgau-Ried cable car · 0.9 km away · rises 222 m
- Rotenfluebahn gondola · 3.8 km away · rises 958 m
- Brunni-Holzegg cable car · 4.9 km away · rises 303 m
- Luftseilbahn Morschach-Stoos cable car · 5.5 km away · rises 475 m
- TRI-Line Weglosen-Seebli gondola · 6.2 km away · rises 420 m
- Luftseilbahn Chäppeliberg-Gitschen cable car · 6.6 km away · rises 530 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.