Cable car · Schwanden, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Kies-Mettmen
Luftseilbahn Kies-Mettmen is a cable car near Schwanden, Switzerland. It climbs 558 m over 1.08 km, from 1,036 m to 1,594 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 179 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Kies-Mettmen is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 56 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 179 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 566 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.08 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 913 m of the 1.08 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Kies-Mettmen is near Schwanden, Switzerland, at 1,036 m above sea level (46.96790° N, 9.09091° E). From there it runs 1.08 km up to the top station at 1,594 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- LKM
- Per cabin
- 20 people
Nearby lines
- Brunnenbergbahn cable car · 5.0 km away · rises 487 m
- Luftseilbahn Matt-Weissenberge cable car · 6.2 km away · rises 403 m
- Gondelbahn Elm-Ämpächli gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 464 m
- Aeugstenbahn cable car · 7.4 km away · rises 958 m
- Gondelbahn Hüttenberg - Grotzenbüel gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 249 m
- Gondelbahn Niederschlacht - Hüttenberg gondola · 8.1 km away · rises 74 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.