Gondola · Krimml, Austria
Sonnwendkopfbahn
Sonnwendkopfbahn is a gondola near Krimml, Austria. It climbs 558 m over 1.62 km, from 1,472 m to 2,031 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
32/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Sonnwendkopfbahn is scarier than 32% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 340 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 771 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 208 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Sonnwendkopfbahn is near Krimml, Austria, at 1,472 m above sea level (47.24170° N, 12.11496° E). From there it runs 1.62 km up to the top station at 2,031 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 2003
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Dorfbahn Königsleiten I gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 325 m
- Dorfbahn Königsleiten II gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 324 m
- Königsleiten Gipfelbahn gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 355 m
- Falschbach gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 436 m
- Isskogelbahn gondola · 5.4 km away · rises 638 m
- Dorfbahn Gerlos I gondola · 6.0 km away · rises 324 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.