Cable car · Schwanden, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Matt-Weissenberge
Luftseilbahn Matt-Weissenberge is a cable car near Schwanden, Switzerland. It climbs 403 m over 696 m, from 849 m to 1,252 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 157 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
91/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Matt-Weissenberge is scarier than 91% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 86 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 157 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 308 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 696 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 527 m of the 696 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Matt-Weissenberge is near Schwanden, Switzerland, at 849 m above sea level (46.96008° N, 9.17146° E). From there it runs 696 m up to the top station at 1,252 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 168 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 14 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Gondelbahn Elm-Ämpächli gondola · 5.0 km away · rises 464 m
- Tschinglenbahn cable car · 5.7 km away · rises 487 m
- Luftseilbahn Kies-Mettmen cable car · 6.2 km away · rises 558 m
- Aeugstenbahn cable car · 9.8 km away · rises 958 m
- Sogn Martin - La Siala gondola · 10.8 km away · rises 831 m
- Fuorcla-Vorab gondola · 11.0 km away · rises 450 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.