Cable car · Hopfgarten in Defereggen, Austria
Seilbahn Ratzell
Seilbahn Ratzell is a cable car near Hopfgarten in Defereggen, Austria. It climbs 525 m over 1.02 km, from 987 m to 1,512 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 99 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
82/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Seilbahn Ratzell is scarier than 82% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 48 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 99 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 254 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 672 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 552 m of the 1.02 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Seilbahn Ratzell is near Hopfgarten in Defereggen, Austria, at 987 m above sea level (46.92410° N, 12.55254° E). From there it runs 1.02 km up to the top station at 1,512 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Seilbahn Oberleibnig cable car · 6.7 km away · rises 489 m
- Goldried I gondola · 6.9 km away · rises 1,232 m
- Hotel Goldried funicular · 8.2 km away · rises 43 m
- Kals II gondola · 8.5 km away · rises 438 m
- Brunnalmbahn gondola · 15.1 km away · rises 653 m
- Zettersfeldbahn gondola · 19.6 km away · rises 1,087 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.