Cable car · Zell am See, Austria
Schmittenhöhebahn
Schmittenhöhebahn is a cable car near Zell am See, Austria. It climbs 1,012 m over 2.57 km, from 936 m to 1,948 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 134 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
89/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Schmittenhöhebahn is scarier than 89% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 25 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 134 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.51 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 817 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 907 m of the 2.57 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Schmittenhöhebahn is near Zell am See, Austria, at 936 m above sea level (47.32637° N, 12.77231° E). From there it runs 2.57 km up to the top station at 1,948 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 510 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 43 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- trassXpress gondola · 0.3 km away · rises 961 m
- Sonnenalmbahn cable car · 1.2 km away · rises 432 m
- Areitbahn III gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 186 m
- Areitbahn II gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 305 m
- cityXpress gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 547 m
- zellamseeXpress II gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 794 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.