Gondola · Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Männlichenbahn, Lauterbrunnen
Männlichenbahn is a gondola near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. It climbs 598 m over 2.97 km, from 1,623 m to 2,221 m above sea level. Between its 18 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
51/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Männlichenbahn is scarier than 51% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 311 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 2.70 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 282 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 30 m of the 2.97 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Männlichenbahn is near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, at 1,623 m above sea level (46.62127° N, 7.97892° E). From there it runs 2.97 km up to the top station at 2,221 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Wengen LWM cable car · 2.3 km away · rises 948 m
- Männlichenbahn, Grindelwald gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 682 m
- Mürrenbahn cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 684 m
- Luftseilbahn Isenfluh-Sulwald cable car · 5.3 km away · rises 424 m
- Firstbahn, Grindelwald, 1,061–1,562 m gondola · 6.8 km away · rises 501 m
- Pfingsteggbahn cable car · 7.0 km away · rises 362 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.