Gondola · Soelden, Austria
Top-Express Obergurgl-Hochgurgl
Top-Express Obergurgl-Hochgurgl is a gondola near Soelden, Austria. It climbs 78 m over 3.60 km, from 2,338 m to 2,416 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 159 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
84/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Top-Express Obergurgl-Hochgurgl is scarier than 84% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 39 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 159 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.93 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 582 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 7°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 806 m of the 3.60 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Top-Express Obergurgl-Hochgurgl is near Soelden, Austria, at 2,338 m above sea level (46.86853° N, 11.03977° E). From there it runs 3.60 km up to the top station at 2,416 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Hochgurglbahn II gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 554 m
- Snow Cab funicular · 1.4 km away · rises 88 m
- Hochgurglbahn I gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 367 m
- Festkoglbahn gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 761 m
- Top Schermer 3000 gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 498 m
- Roßkarbahn, Soelden, 1,910–2,259 m gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 349 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.