Cable car · Lungern, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Lungern-Turren
Luftseilbahn Lungern-Turren is a cable car near Lungern, Switzerland. It climbs 827 m over 1.56 km, from 702 m to 1,529 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 159 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Lungern-Turren is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 70 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 159 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 388 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 812 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 866 m of the 1.56 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Lungern-Turren is near Lungern, Switzerland, at 702 m above sea level (46.78511° N, 8.14943° E). From there it runs 1.56 km up to the top station at 1,529 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 55 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Gondelbahn Wasserwendi-Lischen-Käserstatt gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 665 m
- Bärfallen - Rick cable car · 6.6 km away · rises 215 m
- Luftseilbahn Sörenberg-Brienzer Rothorn cable car · 6.7 km away · rises 1,040 m
- Luftseilbahn Meiringen-Reuti cable car · 7.8 km away · rises 435 m
- Gondelbahn Reuti-Bidmi gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 364 m
- Gondelbahn Bidmi-Mägisalp gondola · 8.1 km away · rises 279 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.