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Cable car · Innsbruck, Austria

Seegrubenbahn

Seegrubenbahn is a cable car near Innsbruck, Austria. It climbs 1,041 m over 2.67 km, from 866 m to 1,907 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 98 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

84/100 · Scary

By the numbers, Seegrubenbahn is scarier than 84% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 40 of 408 in Austria.

  • Highest above the ground: about 98 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 728 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 968 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 1.17 km of the 2.67 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Seegrubenbahn is near Innsbruck, Austria, at 866 m above sea level (47.28617° N, 11.39901° E). From there it runs 2.67 km up to the top station at 1,907 m.

Operator
Innsbrucker Nordkettenbahnen Betriebs GmbH
Capacity
800 people per hour
Per cabin
95 people
Ride time
about 5 min

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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.