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Gondola · Oetz, Austria

Ochsengartenbahn

Ochsengartenbahn is a gondola near Oetz, Austria. It climbs 504 m over 1.60 km, from 1,508 m to 2,012 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 50 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

48/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, Ochsengartenbahn is scarier than 48% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 226 of 408 in Austria.

  • Highest above the ground: about 50 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 719 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 182 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Ochsengartenbahn is near Oetz, Austria, at 1,508 m above sea level (47.22724° N, 10.93281° E). From there it runs 1.60 km up to the top station at 2,012 m.

Capacity
1,420 people per hour
Per cabin
8 people

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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.