Gondola · Hopfgarten im Brixental, Austria
Salvistabahn
Salvistabahn is a gondola near Hopfgarten im Brixental, Austria. It climbs 894 m over 2.71 km, from 669 m to 1,563 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 50 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
56/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Salvistabahn is scarier than 56% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 176 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 50 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 1.45 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 590 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Salvistabahn is near Hopfgarten im Brixental, Austria, at 669 m above sea level (47.48581° N, 12.16297° E). From there it runs 2.71 km up to the top station at 1,563 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2020
- Capacity
- 2,100 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 9 min
Nearby lines
- Hans im Glück gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 108 m
- Hohe Salve gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 673 m
- Hexenwasserbahn gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 417 m
- Salvenbahn II gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 649 m
- Salvenbahn I gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 545 m
- Hochbrixen gondola · 5.0 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.