Gondola · Hopfgarten im Brixental, Austria
Salvenbahn I
Salvenbahn I is a gondola near Hopfgarten im Brixental, Austria. It climbs 545 m over 2.02 km, from 628 m to 1,173 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 53 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
54/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Salvenbahn I is scarier than 54% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 185 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 53 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 1.59 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 317 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 31 m of the 2.02 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Salvenbahn I is near Hopfgarten im Brixental, Austria, at 628 m above sea level (47.44688° N, 12.16252° E). From there it runs 2.02 km up to the top station at 1,173 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2004
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Salvenbahn II gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 649 m
- Salvistabahn gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 894 m
- Hohe Salve gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 673 m
- Hans im Glück gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 108 m
- Hexenwasserbahn gondola · 4.4 km away · rises 417 m
- Hochbrixen gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 496 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.