Cable car · Emmetten, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Waldi-Chalthütte
Luftseilbahn Waldi-Chalthütte is a cable car near Emmetten, Switzerland. It climbs 450 m over 901 m, from 773 m to 1,223 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 72 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
74/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Waldi-Chalthütte is scarier than 74% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 209 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 72 m, as high as a 24-storey building, 266 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 493 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 286 m of the 901 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Waldi-Chalthütte is near Emmetten, Switzerland, at 773 m above sea level (46.95560° N, 8.50957° E). From there it runs 901 m up to the top station at 1,223 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Luftseilbahn Waldi-Chalthütte AG
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Emmetten-Stockhütte gondola · 0.2 km away · rises 518 m
- Luftseilbahn Emmetten-Eggeli cable car · 0.5 km away · rises 306 m
- Luftseilbahn Emmetten-Niederbauen cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 798 m
- Luftseilbahn Beckenried-Klewenalp cable car · 2.6 km away · rises 1,140 m
- Luftseilbahn Seelisberg-Alp Weid cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 455 m
- Luftseilbahn Grosstal-Horlachen cable car · 5.3 km away · rises 311 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.