Gondola · Fiss, Austria
Schönjochbahn I
Schönjochbahn I is a gondola near Fiss, Austria. It climbs 442 m over 1.54 km, from 1,474 m to 1,916 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 45 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
35/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Schönjochbahn I is scarier than 35% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 315 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 45 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 397 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 298 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Schönjochbahn I is near Fiss, Austria, at 1,474 m above sea level (47.05717° N, 10.61299° E). From there it runs 1.54 km up to the top station at 1,916 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Möseralmbahn gondola · 0.4 km away · rises 353 m
- Waldbahn gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 413 m
- Schönjochbahn II gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 520 m
- Sunliner gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 390 m
- Sonnenbahn Ladis-Fiss gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 243 m
- Komperdellbahn gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 532 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.