Gondola · Schwyz, Switzerland
Rotenfluebahn
Rotenfluebahn is a gondola near Schwyz, Switzerland. It climbs 958 m over 2.66 km, from 609 m to 1,567 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 67 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
71/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Rotenfluebahn is scarier than 71% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 226 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 67 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 2.36 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 371 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 251 m of the 2.66 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Rotenfluebahn is near Schwyz, Switzerland, at 609 m above sea level (47.01481° N, 8.66934° E). From there it runs 2.66 km up to the top station at 1,567 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Construction
- 2014
- Operator
- Rotenfluebahn Mythenregion AG
- Capacity
- 800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Brunni-Holzegg cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 303 m
- Luftseilbahn Illgau - St. Karl cable car · 3.8 km away · rises 361 m
- Luftseilbahn Morschach-Stoos cable car · 4.4 km away · rises 475 m
- Luftseilbahn Illgau-Ried cable car · 4.6 km away · rises 222 m
- Drehgondelbahn Stuckli Rondo gondola · 7.0 km away · rises 405 m
- Luftseilbahn Brunnen-Urmiberg cable car · 7.3 km away · rises 702 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.