Cable car · Adelboden, Switzerland
Unter dem Birg-Engstligenalp
Unter dem Birg-Engstligenalp is a cable car near Adelboden, Switzerland. It climbs 562 m over 1.08 km, from 1,398 m to 1,960 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 167 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
92/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Unter dem Birg-Engstligenalp is scarier than 92% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 72 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 167 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 526 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 918 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 675 m of the 1.08 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Unter dem Birg-Engstligenalp is near Adelboden, Switzerland, at 1,398 m above sea level (46.45917° N, 7.56643° E). From there it runs 1.08 km up to the top station at 1,960 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 550 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 36 people
Nearby lines
- Globi Luftseilbahn cable car · 0.0 km away · rises 559 m
- Oey-Bergläger gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 224 m
- Bergläger-Sillerenbühl gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 487 m
- Adelboden-Oey cable car · 4.0 km away · rises 86 m
- Geils-Hahnenmoos gondola · 4.7 km away · rises 241 m
- Adelboden-Tschentenalp cable car · 4.8 km away · rises 572 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.