Gondola · Brixen im Thale, Austria
SkiWeltbahn
SkiWeltbahn is a gondola near Brixen im Thale, Austria. It climbs 1,007 m over 3.22 km, from 793 m to 1,800 m above sea level. Between its 19 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
44/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, SkiWeltbahn is scarier than 44% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 249 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 2.17 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 338 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of SkiWeltbahn is near Brixen im Thale, Austria, at 793 m above sea level (47.44896° N, 12.24393° E). From there it runs 3.22 km up to the top station at 1,800 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2008
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Alpenrosenbahn II gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 453 m
- Alpenrosenbahn I gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 519 m
- Choralmbahn gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 892 m
- Hochbrixen gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 496 m
- KiWest gondola · 4.7 km away · rises 799 m
- Salvenbahn II gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 649 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.