Cable car · Gampel, Switzerland
Luftseilbahn Wiler-Lauchernalp
Luftseilbahn Wiler-Lauchernalp is a cable car near Gampel, Switzerland. It climbs 566 m over 1.05 km, from 1,399 m to 1,965 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
64/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Luftseilbahn Wiler-Lauchernalp is scarier than 64% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 262 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 256 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 503 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 69 m of the 1.05 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Luftseilbahn Wiler-Lauchernalp is near Gampel, Switzerland, at 1,399 m above sea level (46.40184° N, 7.77784° E). From there it runs 1.05 km up to the top station at 1,965 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Construction
- 1994
- Capacity
- 1,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Gandegg-Hockenhorngrat gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 370 m
- Luftseilbahn Gampel-Jeizinen cable car · 10.1 km away · rises 884 m
- Leukerbad - Rinderhütte cable car · 11.2 km away · rises 927 m
- Torrentalp - Rinderhütte gondola · 11.3 km away · rises 377 m
- Luftseilbahn Kandersteg-Sunnbüel cable car · 11.3 km away · rises 732 m
- Gemmibahn cable car · 12.0 km away · rises 921 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.