Cable car · Untervaz, Switzerland
Seilbahn Vättnerberg
Seilbahn Vättnerberg is a cable car near Untervaz, Switzerland. It climbs 621 m over 844 m, from 959 m to 1,581 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 234 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
97/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Seilbahn Vättnerberg is scarier than 97% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 27 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 234 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 378 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 815 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 676 m of the 844 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Seilbahn Vättnerberg is near Untervaz, Switzerland, at 959 m above sea level (46.92200° N, 9.45605° E). From there it runs 844 m up to the top station at 1,581 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 40 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Bad Ragaz-Pardiel gondola · 8.6 km away · rises 1,132 m
- Wangs-Maienberg-Furt gondola · 10.2 km away · rises 986 m
- Chur - Känzeli cable car · 10.6 km away · rises 593 m
- Känzeli - Brambüesch gondola · 11.4 km away · rises 410 m
- Älplibahn Malans gondola · 12.4 km away · rises 1,188 m
- Stoffel Bahn funicular · 13.4 km away · rises 30 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.