Cable car · Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Mürrenbahn
Mürrenbahn is a cable car near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. It climbs 684 m over 1.27 km, from 800 m to 1,484 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 47 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
55/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Mürrenbahn is scarier than 55% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 300 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 47 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 500 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 590 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Mürrenbahn is near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, at 800 m above sea level (46.59877° N, 7.90720° E). From there it runs 1.27 km up to the top station at 1,484 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2006-12-15
- Per cabin
- 150 people
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Isenfluh-Sulwald cable car · 2.8 km away · rises 424 m
- Wengen LWM cable car · 2.8 km away · rises 948 m
- Allmendhubelbahn funicular · 4.0 km away · rises 257 m
- Stechelberg - Mürren cable car · 4.6 km away · rises 773 m
- Mürren - Birg cable car · 4.6 km away · rises 1,041 m
- Gimmelwald – Mürren cable car · 5.1 km away · rises 266 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.