Cable car · Vitznau, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Vitznau –Wissifluh
Luftseilbahn Vitznau –Wissifluh is a cable car near Vitznau, Switzerland. It climbs 450 m over 807 m, from 496 m to 946 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 160 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
92/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Vitznau –Wissifluh is scarier than 92% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 75 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 160 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 488 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 807 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 667 m of the 807 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Vitznau –Wissifluh is near Vitznau, Switzerland, at 496 m above sea level (47.00843° N, 8.48862° E). From there it runs 807 m up to the top station at 946 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 12 min
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Hinterbergen cable car · 0.6 km away · rises 574 m
- Private-CableCar cable car · 1.1 km away · rises 65 m
- Oberschwend-Rigi Burggeist cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 534 m
- Luftseilbahn Kräbel-Rigi Scheidegg cable car · 4.0 km away · rises 877 m
- Luftseilbahn Weggis-Rigi Kaltbad cable car · 4.7 km away · rises 932 m
- Luftseilbahn Emmetten-Eggeli cable car · 6.0 km away · rises 306 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.