Gondola · Fiss, Austria
Waldbahn
Waldbahn is a gondola near Fiss, Austria. It climbs 413 m over 1.28 km, from 1,417 m to 1,830 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 43 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
32/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Waldbahn is scarier than 32% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 339 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 43 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 360 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 247 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Waldbahn is near Fiss, Austria, at 1,417 m above sea level (47.05400° N, 10.60871° E). From there it runs 1.28 km up to the top station at 1,830 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Möseralmbahn gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 353 m
- Sunliner gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 390 m
- Schönjochbahn I gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 442 m
- Komperdellbahn gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 532 m
- Schönjochbahn II gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 520 m
- Alpkopfbahn gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 581 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.