Gondola · Churwalden, Switzerland
Panoramabahn Heidbüel
Panoramabahn Heidbüel is a gondola near Churwalden, Switzerland. It climbs 682 m over 1.60 km, from 1,244 m to 1,926 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 58 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
62/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Panoramabahn Heidbüel is scarier than 62% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 273 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 58 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 172 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 247 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 59 m of the 1.60 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Panoramabahn Heidbüel is near Churwalden, Switzerland, at 1,244 m above sea level (46.77730° N, 9.54167° E). From there it runs 1.60 km up to the top station at 1,926 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2015
- Capacity
- 2,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Rothorn 1 gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 406 m
- Rothorn 2 cable car · 4.9 km away · rises 949 m
- Urdenbahn cable car · 5.6 km away · rises 65 m
- Känzeli - Brambüesch gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 410 m
- Hörnli-Express gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 661 m
- Chur - Känzeli cable car · 8.1 km away · rises 593 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.