Cable car · Arosa, Switzerland
Weisshornbahn 1. Sektion
Weisshornbahn 1. Sektion is a cable car near Arosa, Switzerland. It climbs 259 m over 1.20 km, from 1,750 m to 2,009 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 58 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
59/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Weisshornbahn 1. Sektion is scarier than 59% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 288 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 58 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 456 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 538 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 15°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 169 m of the 1.20 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Weisshornbahn 1. Sektion is near Arosa, Switzerland, at 1,750 m above sea level (46.78357° N, 9.67852° E). From there it runs 1.20 km up to the top station at 2,009 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 125 people
Nearby lines
- Tschuggen Express funicular · 0.7 km away · rises 154 m
- Kulm gondola · 0.7 km away · rises 203 m
- Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 621 m
- Hörnli-Express gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 661 m
- Urdenbahn cable car · 5.1 km away · rises 65 m
- Rothorn 2 cable car · 8.0 km away · rises 949 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: swissALTI3D © swisstopo, 2 m. Data as of 2026-10-31.