Gondola · Saalbach, Austria
Schattberg Sprinter
Schattberg Sprinter is a gondola near Saalbach, Austria. It climbs 256 m over 626 m, from 1,829 m to 2,086 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 64 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
61/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Schattberg Sprinter is scarier than 61% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 133 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 64 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 287 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 255 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 90 m of the 626 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Schattberg Sprinter is near Saalbach, Austria, at 1,829 m above sea level (47.36754° N, 12.63032° E). From there it runs 626 m up to the top station at 2,086 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 2 min
Nearby lines
- Westgipfelbahn II gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 598 m
- Schattberg X-Press II gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 528 m
- Westgipfelbahn I gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 407 m
- Schattberg X-Press I gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 491 m
- Unterschwarzachbahn gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 313 m
- 12er Express gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 24 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.