Cable car · Schneizlreuth, Germany
Seilbahn Reiteralpe
Seilbahn Reiteralpe is a cable car near Schneizlreuth, Germany. It climbs 1,039 m over 1.80 km, from 656 m to 1,695 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 291 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
99/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Seilbahn Reiteralpe is scarier than 99% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 2 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 291 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.14 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.71 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.53 km of the 1.80 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Seilbahn Reiteralpe is near Schneizlreuth, Germany, at 656 m above sea level (47.66736° N, 12.80311° E). From there it runs 1.80 km up to the top station at 1,695 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Wehrtechnische Dienststelle für Schutz- und Sondertechnik (WTD 52)
Nearby lines
- Predigtstuhlbahn cable car · 7.5 km away · rises 1,095 m
- Almbahn I gondola · 11.2 km away · rises 370 m
- Almbahn II gondola · 11.9 km away · rises 373 m
- Obersalzbergbahn cable car · 16.1 km away · rises 449 m
- Jennerbahn Sektion 1 gondola · 17.1 km away · rises 554 m
- Untersbergbahn cable car · 17.9 km away · rises 1,319 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.