Cable car · Mekinje, Slovenia
Nihalka Velika planina
Nihalka Velika planina is a cable car near Mekinje, Slovenia. It climbs 830 m over 1.38 km, from 547 m to 1,377 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 263 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
98/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Nihalka Velika planina is scarier than 98% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 7 in Slovenia.
- Highest above the ground: about 263 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 872 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.38 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.17 km of the 1.38 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Nihalka Velika planina is near Mekinje, Slovenia, at 547 m above sea level (46.30490° N, 14.60807° E). From there it runs 1.38 km up to the top station at 1,377 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 32 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Kabinska žičnica Krvavec gondola · 8.3 km away · rises 882 m
- Žekovec cable car · 23.6 km away · rises 917 m
- Kabinenbahn Petzen gondola · 27.8 km away · rises 1,056 m
- Funicular near Ljubljana funicular · 28.7 km away · rises 26 m
- Vzpenjača funicular · 29.5 km away · rises 63 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.