Gondola · Klosterle, Austria
Sonnenkopfbahn
Sonnenkopfbahn is a gondola near Klosterle, Austria. It climbs 836 m over 1.91 km, from 1,002 m to 1,838 m above sea level. Between its 24 pylons, the cable runs up to about 52 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
49/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Sonnenkopfbahn is scarier than 49% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 216 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 52 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 1.47 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 244 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Sonnenkopfbahn is near Klosterle, Austria, at 1,002 m above sea level (47.12855° N, 10.05620° E). From there it runs 1.91 km up to the top station at 1,838 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Kristbergbahn gondola · 5.8 km away · rises 560 m
- Panorama Bahn gondola · 8.3 km away · rises 624 m
- Albonabahn I gondola · 8.5 km away · rises 432 m
- Hochalpilabahn gondola · 8.7 km away · rises 443 m
- Hochjoch Bahn II cable car · 9.1 km away · rises 508 m
- Albonabahn II gondola · 9.3 km away · rises 681 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.