Cable car · Gersau, Switzerland
Oberschwend-Rigi Burggeist
Oberschwend-Rigi Burggeist is a cable car near Gersau, Switzerland. It climbs 534 m over 1.82 km, from 1,013 m to 1,547 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 52 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
58/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Oberschwend-Rigi Burggeist is scarier than 58% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 292 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 52 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 418 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 572 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 60 m of the 1.82 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Oberschwend-Rigi Burggeist is near Gersau, Switzerland, at 1,013 m above sea level (47.01290° N, 8.54080° E). From there it runs 1.82 km up to the top station at 1,547 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Luftseilbahn Kräbel-Rigi Scheidegg cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 877 m
- Private-CableCar cable car · 2.3 km away · rises 65 m
- Luftseilbahn Hinterbergen cable car · 3.1 km away · rises 574 m
- Luftseilbahn Vitznau –Wissifluh cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 450 m
- Luftseilbahn Brunnen-Urmiberg cable car · 4.6 km away · rises 702 m
- Treib-Seelisberg-Bahn funicular · 5.5 km away · rises 311 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.