Cable car · Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Mürren - Birg
Mürren - Birg is a cable car near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. It climbs 1,041 m over 2.58 km, from 1,633 m to 2,674 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 277 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
98/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Mürren - Birg is scarier than 98% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 13 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 277 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.56 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.74 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.74 km of the 2.58 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Mürren - Birg is near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, at 1,633 m above sea level (46.55776° N, 7.89106° E). From there it runs 2.58 km up to the top station at 2,674 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 80 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Allmendhubelbahn funicular · 1.3 km away · rises 257 m
- Gimmelwald – Mürren cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 266 m
- Stechelberg - Mürren cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 773 m
- Stechelberg – Gimmelwald cable car · 2.0 km away · rises 501 m
- Birg - Schlithorn cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 279 m
- Mürrenbahn cable car · 4.6 km away · rises 684 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.