Gondola · Churwalden, Switzerland
Rothorn 1
Rothorn 1 is a gondola near Churwalden, Switzerland. It climbs 406 m over 1.29 km, from 1,495 m to 1,901 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 53 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
55/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Rothorn 1 is scarier than 55% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 298 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 53 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 1.04 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 290 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 50 m of the 1.29 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Rothorn 1 is near Churwalden, Switzerland, at 1,495 m above sea level (46.74021° N, 9.55658° E). From there it runs 1.29 km up to the top station at 1,901 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Rothorn 2 cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 949 m
- Panoramabahn Heidbüel gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 682 m
- Urdenbahn cable car · 4.4 km away · rises 65 m
- Hörnli-Express gondola · 6.5 km away · rises 661 m
- Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion cable car · 8.3 km away · rises 621 m
- Kulm gondola · 8.7 km away · rises 203 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.