Cable car · Buochs, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Niederrickenbach-Musenalp
Luftseilbahn Niederrickenbach-Musenalp is a cable car near Buochs, Switzerland. It climbs 589 m over 1.23 km, from 1,158 m to 1,747 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 162 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Niederrickenbach-Musenalp is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 67 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 162 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 567 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 861 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 35°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 637 m of the 1.23 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Niederrickenbach-Musenalp is near Buochs, Switzerland, at 1,158 m above sea level (46.92987° N, 8.42709° E). From there it runs 1.23 km up to the top station at 1,747 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Dallenwil-Niederrickenbach cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 649 m
- Luftseilbahn Wolfenschiessen-Brändlen cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 638 m
- Luftseilbahn Beckenried-Klewenalp cable car · 3.9 km away · rises 1,140 m
- Luftseilbahn Post-Haldiwald cable car · 4.2 km away · rises 498 m
- Luftseilbahn Post-Schmidsboden cable car · 4.3 km away · rises 327 m
- Luftseilbahn Dallenwil-Wiesenberg cable car · 4.4 km away · rises 517 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.