Cable car · Zams, Austria
Venetseilbahn
Venetseilbahn is a cable car near Zams, Austria. It climbs 1,430 m over 3.14 km, from 770 m to 2,199 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 127 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
91/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Venetseilbahn is scarier than 91% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 23 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 127 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 479 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.20 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.56 km of the 3.14 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Venetseilbahn is near Zams, Austria, at 770 m above sea level (47.15361° N, 10.58573° E). From there it runs 3.14 km up to the top station at 2,199 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1967
- Operator
- Venet Bergbahnen AG
- Per cabin
- 44 people
Nearby lines
- Almbahn, Fiss gondola · 7.9 km away · rises 780 m
- Schönjochbahn II gondola · 9.0 km away · rises 520 m
- Sonnenbahn Ladis-Fiss gondola · 9.7 km away · rises 243 m
- Schönjochbahn I gondola · 9.8 km away · rises 442 m
- Möseralmbahn gondola · 10.2 km away · rises 353 m
- Waldbahn gondola · 10.8 km away · rises 413 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.