Cable car · Arosa, Switzerland
Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion
Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion is a cable car near Arosa, Switzerland. It climbs 621 m over 1.86 km, from 2,010 m to 2,632 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 177 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 65 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 177 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.28 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.30 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.12 km of the 1.86 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Weisshornbahn 2. Sektion is near Arosa, Switzerland, at 2,010 m above sea level (46.78652° N, 9.66321° E). From there it runs 1.86 km up to the top station at 2,632 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 125 people
Nearby lines
- Kulm gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 203 m
- Weisshornbahn 1. Sektion cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 259 m
- Tschuggen Express funicular · 1.6 km away · rises 154 m
- Hörnli-Express gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 661 m
- Urdenbahn cable car · 4.0 km away · rises 65 m
- Rothorn 2 cable car · 7.1 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.