Cable car · Kandersteg, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Kandersteg-Sunnbüel
Luftseilbahn Kandersteg-Sunnbüel is a cable car near Kandersteg, Switzerland. It climbs 732 m over 2.29 km, from 1,201 m to 1,932 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 181 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Kandersteg-Sunnbüel is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 63 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 181 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 387 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 685 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.09 km of the 2.29 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Kandersteg-Sunnbüel is near Kandersteg, Switzerland, at 1,201 m above sea level (46.47661° N, 7.66355° E). From there it runs 2.29 km up to the top station at 1,932 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 44 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Kandersteg-Allmenalp cable car · 2.6 km away · rises 544 m
- Gondelbahn Oeschinensee gondola · 4.4 km away · rises 483 m
- Globi Luftseilbahn cable car · 7.1 km away · rises 559 m
- Unter dem Birg-Engstligenalp cable car · 7.1 km away · rises 562 m
- Elsigbach-Elsigenalp cable car · 7.3 km away · rises 474 m
- Adelboden-Oey cable car · 7.9 km away · rises 86 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.