Cable car · Grainau, Germany
Seilbahn Zugspitze
Seilbahn Zugspitze is a cable car near Grainau, Germany. It climbs 1,934 m over 3.93 km, from 1,012 m to 2,947 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 476 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
99/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Seilbahn Zugspitze is scarier than 99% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 476 m, higher than the Eiffel Tower (330 m), 2.73 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 2.78 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 3.18 km of the 3.93 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Seilbahn Zugspitze is near Grainau, Germany, at 1,012 m above sea level (47.45659° N, 10.99217° E). From there it runs 3.93 km up to the top station at 2,947 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2017-12-21
- Capacity
- 580 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 121 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Zugspitz-Gletscherbahn cable car · 2.4 km away · rises 345 m
- Tiroler Zugspitzbahn cable car · 2.5 km away · rises 1,701 m
- Hochalmbahn, Grainau cable car · 5.1 km away · rises 331 m
- Alpspitzbahn cable car · 5.4 km away · rises 1,281 m
- Kreuzeckbahn gondola · 6.3 km away · rises 877 m
- Ehrwalder Almbahn gondola · 6.4 km away · rises 389 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.