Gondola · Soelden, Austria
Schwarze Schneid II
Schwarze Schneid II is a gondola near Soelden, Austria. It climbs 261 m over 1.02 km, from 2,983 m to 3,244 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 116 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
82/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Schwarze Schneid II is scarier than 82% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 45 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 116 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 849 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 751 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 451 m of the 1.02 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Schwarze Schneid II is near Soelden, Austria, at 2,983 m above sea level (46.93445° N, 10.92458° E). From there it runs 1.02 km up to the top station at 3,244 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
- Tiefenbachbahn gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 448 m
- Schwarze Schneid I gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 310 m
- Gletscherexpress, Soelden, 2,670–2,749 m gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 80 m
- Mittelbergbahn gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 573 m
- Gletscherexpress, Soelden, 1,731–2,850 m funicular · 4.2 km away · rises 1,119 m
- Gaislachkoglbahn II gondola · 4.2 km away · rises 866 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.