Gondola · Alpbach, Austria
Pöglbahn
Pöglbahn is a gondola near Alpbach, Austria. It climbs 875 m over 2.23 km, from 1,004 m to 1,879 m above sea level. Between its 23 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
31/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Pöglbahn is scarier than 31% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 343 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 2.00 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 223 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Pöglbahn is near Alpbach, Austria, at 1,004 m above sea level (47.37736° N, 11.95766° E). From there it runs 2.23 km up to the top station at 1,879 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2005
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Wiedersbergerhornbahn (Sektion II) gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 484 m
- Verbindungsbahn Alpbach-Wildschönau Sektion 1 gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 430 m
- Wiedersbergerhornbahn (Sektion I) gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 531 m
- Verbindungsbahn Alpbach-Wildschönau Sektion 2 gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 435 m
- Schatzbergbahn I gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 488 m
- Reitherkogelbahn gondola · 6.2 km away · rises 535 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.