Cable car · Davos, Switzerland
Parsennhüttenbahn
Parsennhüttenbahn is a cable car near Davos, Switzerland. It climbs 466 m over 2.34 km, from 2,203 m to 2,669 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 106 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
82/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Parsennhüttenbahn is scarier than 82% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 153 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 106 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 2.01 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 723 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.23 km of the 2.34 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Parsennhüttenbahn is near Davos, Switzerland, at 2,203 m above sea level (46.85063° N, 9.82514° E). From there it runs 2.34 km up to the top station at 2,669 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 675 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 80 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Schiferbahn 2 gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 653 m
- Gipfelbahn, Davos cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 149 m
- Schiferbahn 1 gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 446 m
- Gotschnaboden - Gotschnagrat cable car · 3.5 km away · rises 504 m
- Schatzalp-Bahn funicular · 4.8 km away · rises 288 m
- Klosters - Gotschnaboden cable car · 4.8 km away · rises 589 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.