Cable car · Davos, Switzerland
Pischabahn
Pischabahn is a cable car near Davos, Switzerland. It climbs 682 m over 1.89 km, from 1,799 m to 2,481 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 55 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
63/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Pischabahn is scarier than 63% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 268 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 55 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 218 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 491 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 99 m of the 1.89 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pischabahn is near Davos, Switzerland, at 1,799 m above sea level (46.80260° N, 9.89610° E). From there it runs 1.89 km up to the top station at 2,481 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Güggel cable car · 5.9 km away · rises 92 m
- Jakobshornbahn Sektion 2 cable car · 5.9 km away · rises 634 m
- Jakobshornbahn Sektion 1 cable car · 6.4 km away · rises 396 m
- Schatzalp-Bahn funicular · 6.8 km away · rises 288 m
- Klosters - Gotschnaboden cable car · 7.2 km away · rises 589 m
- Gotschnaboden - Gotschnagrat cable car · 7.3 km away · rises 504 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.