Gondola · Neukirchen am Grossvenediger, Austria
Smaragdbahn II
Smaragdbahn II is a gondola near Neukirchen am Grossvenediger, Austria. It climbs 479 m over 1.43 km, from 1,617 m to 2,096 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
25/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Smaragdbahn II is scarier than 25% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 365 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.19 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 229 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Smaragdbahn II is near Neukirchen am Grossvenediger, Austria, at 1,617 m above sea level (47.27242° N, 12.30351° E). From there it runs 1.43 km up to the top station at 2,096 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Wildkogelbahn II gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 444 m
- Ganzer X-press gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 400 m
- Smaragdbahn I gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 793 m
- Wildkogelbahn I gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 798 m
- Panoramabahn Kitzbüheler Alpen II gondola · 7.8 km away · rises 659 m
- Panoramabahn Kitzbüheler Alpen I gondola · 8.3 km away · rises 428 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.