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Cable car · Lech, Austria

Rüfikopfbahn II

Rüfikopfbahn II is a cable car near Lech, Austria. It climbs 881 m over 1.97 km, from 1,450 m to 2,331 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 174 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

94/100 · Very scary

By the numbers, Rüfikopfbahn II is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 19 of 408 in Austria.

  • Highest above the ground: about 174 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 481 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 991 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 1.32 km of the 1.97 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Rüfikopfbahn II is near Lech, Austria, at 1,450 m above sea level (47.20786° N, 10.14254° E). From there it runs 1.97 km up to the top station at 2,331 m.

Per cabin
80 people
Ride time
about 5 min

Nearby lines

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.