Cable car · Sankt Niklaus, Switzerland
St. Niklaus - Sparren
St. Niklaus - Sparren is a cable car near Sankt Niklaus, Switzerland. It climbs 730 m over 1.06 km, from 1,139 m to 1,869 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 231 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
97/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, St. Niklaus - Sparren is scarier than 97% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 29 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 231 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 843 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.03 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 922 m of the 1.06 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of St. Niklaus - Sparren is near Sankt Niklaus, Switzerland, at 1,139 m above sea level (46.17551° N, 7.80033° E). From there it runs 1.06 km up to the top station at 1,869 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Embd-Schalb cable car · 4.4 km away · rises 477 m
- Kalpetran-Embd cable car · 4.8 km away · rises 510 m
- Grächen - Hannigalp gondola · 5.0 km away · rises 501 m
- Luftseilbahn Stalden - Staldenried cable car · 8.4 km away · rises 356 m
- Seilbahn Schweiben - Eisten - ZumTann cable car · 8.5 km away · rises 369 m
- Luftseilbahn Staldenried - Gspon cable car · 9.1 km away · rises 739 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.