Cable car · Sennwald, Switzerland
Staubernbahn
Staubernbahn is a cable car near Sennwald, Switzerland. It climbs 1,241 m over 1.91 km, from 504 m to 1,745 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 146 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
92/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Staubernbahn is scarier than 92% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 78 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 146 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 437 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 675 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.04 km of the 1.91 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Staubernbahn is near Sennwald, Switzerland, at 504 m above sea level (47.24763° N, 9.47025° E). From there it runs 1.91 km up to the top station at 1,745 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- BGST
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 12 min
Nearby lines
- Alp Sigel-Bahn cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 654 m
- Luftseilbahn Hoher Kasten cable car · 4.0 km away · rises 867 m
- Luftseilbahn Wasserauen-Ebenalp cable car · 4.7 km away · rises 722 m
- Einseil-Gruppenpendelbahn Wildhaus-Gamplüt cable car · 9.7 km away · rises 268 m
- Luftseilbahn Schwägalp-Säntis cable car · 9.9 km away · rises 1,118 m
- Luftseilbahn Jakobsbad-Kronberg cable car · 11.6 km away · rises 771 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.