Gondola · Soelden, Austria
Schaufeljochbahn
Schaufeljochbahn is a gondola near Soelden, Austria. It climbs 286 m over 1.13 km, from 2,882 m to 3,168 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 49 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
41/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Schaufeljochbahn is scarier than 41% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 268 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 49 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 952 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 329 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Schaufeljochbahn is near Soelden, Austria, at 2,882 m above sea level (46.98706° N, 11.11454° E). From there it runs 1.13 km up to the top station at 3,168 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Eisgratbahn 2 gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 598 m
- Gamsgarten 2 gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 336 m
- Gamsgartenbahn I gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 545 m
- Eisgratbahn 1 gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 596 m
- Zentrum Shuttle funicular · 8.3 km away · rises 92 m
- Kirchenkarbahn II gondola · 9.1 km away · rises 209 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.