Cable car · Engelberg, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Mettlen-Rugisbalm
Luftseilbahn Mettlen-Rugisbalm is a cable car near Engelberg, Switzerland. It climbs 266 m over 728 m, from 603 m to 869 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 157 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
88/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Mettlen-Rugisbalm is scarier than 88% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 111 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 157 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 268 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 406 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 337 m of the 728 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Mettlen-Rugisbalm is near Engelberg, Switzerland, at 603 m above sea level (46.85672° N, 8.36726° E). From there it runs 728 m up to the top station at 869 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Mettlen-Flüemattli cable car · 0.7 km away · rises 279 m
- Luftseilbahn Rugisbalm-Eggen cable car · 0.9 km away · rises 545 m
- Luftseilbahn Grafenort-Brunniswald cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 729 m
- Luftseilbahn Geissmattli-Bielen cable car · 2.9 km away · rises 559 m
- Luftseilbahn Nechimatt-Diegisbalm cable car · 4.5 km away · rises 472 m
- Luftseilbahn Diegisbalm-Oberalp cable car · 4.6 km away · rises 403 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.