Gondola · Piesendorf, Austria
MK Maiskogelbahn
MK Maiskogelbahn is a gondola near Piesendorf, Austria. It climbs 799 m over 3.72 km, from 767 m to 1,566 m above sea level. Between its 28 pylons, the cable runs up to about 51 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
47/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, MK Maiskogelbahn is scarier than 47% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 229 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 51 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 3.33 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 433 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of MK Maiskogelbahn is near Piesendorf, Austria, at 767 m above sea level (47.27374° N, 12.75667° E). From there it runs 3.72 km up to the top station at 1,566 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Gletscherbahnen Kaprun AG
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 12 min
Nearby lines
- 3K K-onnection Kaprun Kitzsteinhorn gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 412 m
- Gletscherjet I gondola · 5.0 km away · rises 1,069 m
- Panoramabahn, Piesendorf gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 1,052 m
- Areitbahn II gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 305 m
- areitXpress gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 630 m
- Areitbahn III gondola · 5.8 km away · rises 186 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.