Gondola · Farchant, Germany
Wankbahn, Farchant
Wankbahn is a gondola near Farchant, Germany. It climbs 575 m over 1.31 km, from 1,169 m to 1,744 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 59 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
58/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Wankbahn is scarier than 58% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 29 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 59 m, as high as a 20-storey building, 266 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 189 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 44 m of the 1.31 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Wankbahn is near Farchant, Germany, at 1,169 m above sea level (47.50165° N, 11.12866° E). From there it runs 1.31 km up to the top station at 1,744 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Wankbahn, Garmisch-Partenkirchen gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 429 m
- Eckbauerbahn gondola · 3.5 km away · rises 492 m
- Graseckbahn cable car · 4.2 km away · rises 102 m
- Hausbergbahn gondola · 4.7 km away · rises 606 m
- Kreuzeckbahn gondola · 7.2 km away · rises 877 m
- Alpspitzbahn cable car · 8.2 km away · rises 1,281 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.