Cable car · Flims, Switzerland
Tschinglenbahn
Tschinglenbahn is a cable car near Flims, Switzerland. It climbs 487 m over 1.47 km, from 1,041 m to 1,527 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 174 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Tschinglenbahn is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 66 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 174 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 698 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 800 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.04 km of the 1.47 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Tschinglenbahn is near Flims, Switzerland, at 1,041 m above sea level (46.91745° N, 9.18535° E). From there it runs 1.47 km up to the top station at 1,527 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Genossenschaft Tschinglenbahn
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- Gondelbahn Elm-Ämpächli gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 464 m
- Sogn Martin - La Siala gondola · 5.2 km away · rises 831 m
- Fuorcla-Vorab gondola · 5.5 km away · rises 450 m
- Luftseilbahn Matt-Weissenberge cable car · 5.7 km away · rises 403 m
- FlemXpress Segnes - Cassons gondola · 6.1 km away · rises 403 m
- FlemXpress Segnes - Nagens Sura gondola · 6.2 km away · rises 87 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.