Cable car · Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria
Vallugabahn I
Vallugabahn I is a cable car near Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria. It climbs 555 m over 2.94 km, from 2,086 m to 2,641 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 327 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
99/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Vallugabahn I is scarier than 99% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 3 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 327 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.15 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.73 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 13°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 2.37 km of the 2.94 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Vallugabahn I is near Sankt Anton am Arlberg, Austria, at 2,086 m above sea level (47.13087° N, 10.23030° E). From there it runs 2.94 km up to the top station at 2,641 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 45 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Schindlergratbahn gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 543 m
- Vallugabahn II cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 169 m
- Galzigbahn gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 776 m
- Nassereinbahn gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 568 m
- Flexenbahn gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 572 m
- Trittkopfbahn II gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 200 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.