Cable car · Grainau, Germany
Tiroler Zugspitzbahn
Tiroler Zugspitzbahn is a cable car near Grainau, Germany. It climbs 1,701 m over 3.16 km, from 1,224 m to 2,925 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 234 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
98/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Tiroler Zugspitzbahn is scarier than 98% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 3 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 234 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 2.44 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.36 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 2.39 km of the 3.16 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Tiroler Zugspitzbahn is near Grainau, Germany, at 1,224 m above sea level (47.42650° N, 10.94284° E). From there it runs 3.16 km up to the top station at 2,925 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 100 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Zugspitz-Gletscherbahn cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 345 m
- Seilbahn Zugspitze cable car · 2.5 km away · rises 1,934 m
- Ehrwalder Almbahn gondola · 4.3 km away · rises 389 m
- Family Jet gondola · 6.8 km away · rises 88 m
- Hochalmbahn, Grainau cable car · 7.2 km away · rises 331 m
- Grubigsteinbahn gondola · 7.4 km away · rises 346 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.