Gondola · Soelden, Austria
Schwarze Schneid I
Schwarze Schneid I is a gondola near Soelden, Austria. It climbs 310 m over 903 m, from 2,673 m to 2,983 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 43 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
39/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Schwarze Schneid I is scarier than 39% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 290 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 43 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 360 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 288 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Schwarze Schneid I is near Soelden, Austria, at 2,673 m above sea level (46.94104° N, 10.93158° E). From there it runs 903 m up to the top station at 2,983 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Schwarze Schneid II gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 261 m
- Gletscherexpress, Soelden, 2,670–2,749 m gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 80 m
- Tiefenbachbahn gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 448 m
- Gaislachkoglbahn II gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 866 m
- Gletscherexpress, Soelden, 1,731–2,850 m funicular · 4.0 km away · rises 1,119 m
- Mittelbergbahn gondola · 4.6 km away · rises 573 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.