Cable car · Meiringen, Switzerland
Oberaarbahn, Meiringen, 2,216–2,303 m
Oberaarbahn is a cable car near Meiringen, Switzerland. It climbs 87 m over 3.43 km, from 2,216 m to 2,303 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 74 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Oberaarbahn is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 178 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 74 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 1.87 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 815 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.00 km of the 3.43 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Oberaarbahn is near Meiringen, Switzerland, at 2,216 m above sea level (46.56459° N, 8.31431° E). From there it runs 3.43 km up to the top station at 2,303 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Oberaarbahn, Meiringen, 1,948–2,210 m cable car · 2.5 km away · rises 262 m
- Sidelhornbahn cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 257 m
- Hospizbahn cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 162 m
- Pendelbahn Käppeli-Trift (Triftbahn) cable car · 17.5 km away · rises 364 m
- Luftseilbahn Fürgangen-Bellwald cable car · 18.7 km away · rises 354 m
- Reichenbachfall-Bahn funicular · 19.7 km away · rises 240 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.