Cable car · Churwalden, Switzerland
Urdenbahn
Urdenbahn is a cable car near Churwalden, Switzerland. It climbs 65 m over 1.69 km, from 2,492 m to 2,557 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 179 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
91/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Urdenbahn is scarier than 91% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 81 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 179 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 856 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.69 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 2°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.45 km of the 1.69 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Urdenbahn is near Churwalden, Switzerland, at 2,492 m above sea level (46.76623° N, 9.62070° E). From there it runs 1.69 km up to the top station at 2,557 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,700 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 150 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Hörnli-Express gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 661 m
- Rothorn 2 cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 949 m
- Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion cable car · 4.0 km away · rises 621 m
- Rothorn 1 gondola · 4.4 km away · rises 406 m
- Kulm gondola · 4.4 km away · rises 203 m
- Tschuggen Express funicular · 4.6 km away · rises 154 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.