Cable car · Meiringen, Switzerland
Sidelhornbahn
Sidelhornbahn is a cable car near Meiringen, Switzerland. It climbs 257 m over 903 m, from 1,954 m to 2,211 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 169 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
90/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Sidelhornbahn is scarier than 90% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 92 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 169 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 376 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 862 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 723 m of the 903 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Sidelhornbahn is near Meiringen, Switzerland, at 1,954 m above sea level (46.57120° N, 8.33200° E). From there it runs 903 m up to the top station at 2,211 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 65 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Oberaarbahn, Meiringen, 1,948–2,210 m cable car · 0.6 km away · rises 262 m
- Hospizbahn cable car · 0.7 km away · rises 162 m
- Oberaarbahn, Meiringen, 2,216–2,303 m cable car · 3.0 km away · rises 87 m
- Pendelbahn Käppeli-Trift (Triftbahn) cable car · 16.2 km away · rises 364 m
- Tällibahn (Pendelbahn Fuhren - Birchlaui) cable car · 18.8 km away · rises 543 m
- Robiei-Cavagnoli cable car · 19.0 km away · rises 322 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.