Cable car · Churwalden, Switzerland
Rothorn 2
Rothorn 2 is a cable car near Churwalden, Switzerland. It climbs 949 m over 1.84 km, from 1,904 m to 2,854 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 159 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Rothorn 2 is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 71 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 159 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.25 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.16 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 978 m of the 1.84 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Rothorn 2 is near Churwalden, Switzerland, at 1,904 m above sea level (46.74267° N, 9.57322° E). From there it runs 1.84 km up to the top station at 2,854 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 560 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 60 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Rothorn 1 gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 406 m
- Urdenbahn cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 65 m
- Panoramabahn Heidbüel gondola · 4.9 km away · rises 682 m
- Hörnli-Express gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 661 m
- Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion cable car · 7.1 km away · rises 621 m
- Kulm gondola · 7.3 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.