Gondola · Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Wankbahn, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Wankbahn is a gondola near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. It climbs 429 m over 1.66 km, from 740 m to 1,169 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 98 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
80/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Wankbahn is scarier than 80% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 18 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 98 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 538 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 836 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 568 m of the 1.66 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Wankbahn is near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, at 740 m above sea level (47.50379° N, 11.10684° E). From there it runs 1.66 km up to the top station at 1,169 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Wankbahn, Farchant gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 575 m
- Eckbauerbahn gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 492 m
- Hausbergbahn gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 606 m
- Graseckbahn cable car · 3.8 km away · rises 102 m
- Kreuzeckbahn gondola · 6.1 km away · rises 877 m
- Alpspitzbahn cable car · 7.0 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.