Cable car · Raron, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Raron – Eischoll
Luftseilbahn Raron – Eischoll is a cable car near Raron, Switzerland. It climbs 575 m over 1.66 km, from 637 m to 1,212 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 222 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Raron – Eischoll is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 58 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 222 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 684 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 630 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 674 m of the 1.66 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Raron – Eischoll is near Raron, Switzerland, at 637 m above sea level (46.30322° N, 7.80078° E). From there it runs 1.66 km up to the top station at 1,212 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Construction
- 1961
- Capacity
- 100 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Raron - Unterbäch cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 586 m
- Luftseilbahn Gampel-Jeizinen cable car · 5.3 km away · rises 884 m
- Embd-Schalb cable car · 9.5 km away · rises 477 m
- Kalpetran-Embd cable car · 9.8 km away · rises 510 m
- Luftseilbahn Stalden - Staldenried cable car · 10.0 km away · rises 356 m
- Luftseilbahn Staldenried - Gspon cable car · 11.1 km away · rises 739 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.