Gondola · Davos, Switzerland
Rinerhornbahn
Rinerhornbahn is a gondola near Davos, Switzerland. It climbs 594 m over 1.70 km, from 1,459 m to 2,053 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
19/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Rinerhornbahn is scarier than 19% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 382 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 293 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 180 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Rinerhornbahn is near Davos, Switzerland, at 1,459 m above sea level (46.74544° N, 9.78055° E). From there it runs 1.70 km up to the top station at 2,053 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 11 min
Nearby lines
- Güggel cable car · 5.3 km away · rises 92 m
- Jakobshornbahn Sektion 2 cable car · 5.3 km away · rises 634 m
- Jakobshornbahn Sektion 1 cable car · 5.6 km away · rises 396 m
- Schatzalp-Bahn funicular · 6.4 km away · rises 288 m
- Gipfelbahn, Davos cable car · 9.9 km away · rises 149 m
- Tschuggen Express funicular · 10.2 km away · rises 154 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.