Gondola · Heiligenblut, Austria
Schareck
Schareck is a gondola near Heiligenblut, Austria. It climbs 804 m over 1.99 km, from 1,751 m to 2,555 m above sea level. Between its 18 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
39/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Schareck is scarier than 39% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 289 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 794 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 215 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Schareck is near Heiligenblut, Austria, at 1,751 m above sea level (47.04780° N, 12.85137° E). From there it runs 1.99 km up to the top station at 2,555 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Tunnelbahn Fleißalm, Heiligenblut, 1,748–1,761 m cable car · 0.9 km away · rises 13 m
- Panoramabahn, Heiligenblut gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 334 m
- Rossbach gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 444 m
- Großglockner Gletscherbahn funicular · 8.2 km away · rises 116 m
- Eisseebahn gondola · 12.6 km away · rises 560 m
- Mölltaler Gletscher Express funicular · 15.0 km away · rises 1,011 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.