Cable car · Appenzell, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Wasserauen-Ebenalp
Luftseilbahn Wasserauen-Ebenalp is a cable car near Appenzell, Switzerland. It climbs 722 m over 1.31 km, from 866 m to 1,588 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 177 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Wasserauen-Ebenalp is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 64 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 177 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 328 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 549 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 907 m of the 1.31 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Wasserauen-Ebenalp is near Appenzell, Switzerland, at 866 m above sea level (47.28665° N, 9.42862° E). From there it runs 1.31 km up to the top station at 1,588 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Construction
- 2009
- Operator
- LWE
- Per cabin
- 40 people
Nearby lines
- Alp Sigel-Bahn cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 654 m
- Luftseilbahn Hoher Kasten cable car · 3.9 km away · rises 867 m
- Staubernbahn cable car · 4.7 km away · rises 1,241 m
- Luftseilbahn Jakobsbad-Kronberg cable car · 7.3 km away · rises 771 m
- Luftseilbahn Schwägalp-Säntis cable car · 7.7 km away · rises 1,118 m
- Einseil-Gruppenpendelbahn Wildhaus-Gamplüt cable car · 9.9 km away · rises 268 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.