Gondola · Gotzens, Austria
Nockspitzbahn
Nockspitzbahn is a gondola near Gotzens, Austria. It climbs 903 m over 2.87 km, from 894 m to 1,797 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 62 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
65/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Nockspitzbahn is scarier than 65% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 117 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 62 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 2.71 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 483 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 207 m of the 2.87 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Nockspitzbahn is near Gotzens, Austria, at 894 m above sea level (47.23187° N, 11.31461° E). From there it runs 2.87 km up to the top station at 1,797 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2008
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Muttereralmbahn gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 649 m
- Hoadlbahn, Axams, 1,557–1,974 m gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 417 m
- Olympiabahn funicular · 4.0 km away · rises 756 m
- Hoadlbahn, Axams, 1,974–2,331 m gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 357 m
- Kreuzjochbahn, Fulpmes gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 346 m
- Galtbergbahn gondola · 7.3 km away · rises 465 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.