Cable car · Goldau, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Kräbel-Rigi Scheidegg
Luftseilbahn Kräbel-Rigi Scheidegg is a cable car near Goldau, Switzerland. It climbs 877 m over 1.51 km, from 763 m to 1,640 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 96 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
82/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Kräbel-Rigi Scheidegg is scarier than 82% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 155 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 96 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 278 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 565 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 566 m of the 1.51 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Kräbel-Rigi Scheidegg is near Goldau, Switzerland, at 763 m above sea level (47.04002° N, 8.53043° E). From there it runs 1.51 km up to the top station at 1,640 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 15 people
Nearby lines
- Oberschwend-Rigi Burggeist cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 534 m
- Private-CableCar cable car · 2.9 km away · rises 65 m
- Luftseilbahn Hinterbergen cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 574 m
- Luftseilbahn Vitznau –Wissifluh cable car · 4.0 km away · rises 450 m
- Luftseilbahn Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car · 5.6 km away · rises 932 m
- Luftseilbahn Brunnen-Urmiberg cable car · 5.7 km away · rises 702 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.