Cable car · Erlenbach im Simmental, Switzerland
Stockhornbahn, Erlenbach im Simmental, 1,640–2,143 m
Stockhornbahn is a cable car near Erlenbach im Simmental, Switzerland. It climbs 503 m over 1.12 km, from 1,640 m to 2,143 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 209 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
94/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Stockhornbahn is scarier than 94% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 47 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 209 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 398 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 855 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 716 m of the 1.12 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Stockhornbahn is near Erlenbach im Simmental, Switzerland, at 1,640 m above sea level (46.68386° N, 7.54229° E). From there it runs 1.12 km up to the top station at 2,143 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 30 people
Nearby lines
- Stockhornbahn, Erlenbach im Simmental, 724–1,638 m cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 914 m
- Luftseilbahn Beatenberg-Niederhorn gondola · 17.6 km away · rises 810 m
- Elsigbach-Elsigenalp cable car · 19.0 km away · rises 474 m
- Zweisimmen - Eggweid gondola · 21.2 km away · rises 508 m
- Adelboden-Tschentenalp cable car · 21.5 km away · rises 572 m
- Adelboden-Oey cable car · 22.2 km away · rises 86 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.