Cable car · Lech, Austria
Rüfikopfbahn I
Rüfikopfbahn I is a cable car near Lech, Austria. It climbs 886 m over 1.91 km, from 1,448 m to 2,334 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 182 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Rüfikopfbahn I is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 17 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 182 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 478 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.03 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.55 km of the 1.91 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Rüfikopfbahn I is near Lech, Austria, at 1,448 m above sea level (47.20799° N, 10.14243° E). From there it runs 1.91 km up to the top station at 2,334 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 55 people
Nearby lines
- Rüfikopfbahn II cable car · 0.1 km away · rises 881 m
- Bergbahn Lech - Oberlech cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 211 m
- Zugerbergbahn gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 606 m
- Auenfeldjet gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 64 m
- Trittkopfbahn I gondola · 5.4 km away · rises 498 m
- Trittkopfbahn II gondola · 5.6 km away · rises 200 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.