Gondola · Schwendau, Austria
Rastkogelbahn
Rastkogelbahn is a gondola near Schwendau, Austria. It climbs 838 m over 2.15 km, from 1,273 m to 2,112 m above sea level. Between its 19 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
35/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Rastkogelbahn is scarier than 35% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 319 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.30 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 251 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Rastkogelbahn is near Schwendau, Austria, at 1,273 m above sea level (47.16367° N, 11.74311° E). From there it runs 2.15 km up to the top station at 2,112 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1990
- Capacity
- 1,300 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Eggalmbahn gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 665 m
- 150er Tux cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 709 m
- Finkenberger Almbahn II gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 331 m
- Finkenberger Almbahn I gondola · 5.5 km away · rises 886 m
- Möslbahn II gondola · 5.9 km away · rises 504 m
- Möslbahn I gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 58 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.