Cable car · Bregenz, Austria
Pfänderbahn
Pfänderbahn is a cable car near Bregenz, Austria. It climbs 606 m over 1.96 km, from 417 m to 1,023 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 123 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
88/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Pfänderbahn is scarier than 88% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 30 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 123 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 603 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.34 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 844 m of the 1.96 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pfänderbahn is near Bregenz, Austria, at 417 m above sea level (47.50494° N, 9.75306° E). From there it runs 1.96 km up to the top station at 1,023 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 928 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 80 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Karrenseilbahn cable car · 12.4 km away · rises 496 m
- Seilbahn Bezau cable car · 17.5 km away · rises 927 m
- Imbergbahn gondola · 19.2 km away · rises 302 m
- Mellaubahn gondola · 20.9 km away · rises 688 m
- Hündle Bahn gondola · 22.0 km away · rises 291 m
- Hochgratbahn gondola · 22.5 km away · rises 844 m
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.