Cable car · Ischgl, Austria
Piz Val Grondabahn
Piz Val Grondabahn is a cable car near Ischgl, Austria. It climbs 513 m over 2.38 km, from 2,296 m to 2,808 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 130 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
89/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Piz Val Grondabahn is scarier than 89% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 27 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 130 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.39 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.53 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 15°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.26 km of the 2.38 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Piz Val Grondabahn is near Ischgl, Austria, at 2,296 m above sea level (46.94493° N, 10.29451° E). From there it runs 2.38 km up to the top station at 2,808 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,300 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 150 people
Nearby lines
- Silvrettabahn II gondola · 6.3 km away · rises 638 m
- Fimbabahn II gondola · 6.4 km away · rises 689 m
- Twinliner cable car · 6.6 km away · rises 720 m
- Luftseilbahn Samnaun cable car · 6.7 km away · rises 716 m
- Pardoramabahn gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 736 m
- Silvrettabahn I gondola · 7.7 km away · rises 324 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.