Cable car · Zell am See, Austria
Sonnenalmbahn
Sonnenalmbahn is a cable car near Zell am See, Austria. It climbs 432 m over 1.06 km, from 944 m to 1,376 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
45/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Sonnenalmbahn is scarier than 45% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 245 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 326 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 422 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Sonnenalmbahn is near Zell am See, Austria, at 944 m above sea level (47.32692° N, 12.77191° E). From there it runs 1.06 km up to the top station at 1,376 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 48 people
Nearby lines
- Schmittenhöhebahn cable car · 1.2 km away · rises 1,012 m
- trassXpress gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 961 m
- cityXpress gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 547 m
- Areitbahn II gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 305 m
- Areitbahn III gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 186 m
- areitXpress gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 630 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.