Cable car · Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
Wengen LWM
Wengen LWM is a cable car near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. It climbs 948 m over 1.67 km, from 1,280 m to 2,229 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 232 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
97/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Wengen LWM is scarier than 97% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 28 of 402 in Switzerland.
- Highest above the ground: about 232 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 507 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.35 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.25 km of the 1.67 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Wengen LWM is near Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland, at 1,280 m above sea level (46.60625° N, 7.92150° E). From there it runs 1.67 km up to the top station at 2,229 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 860 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 80 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Männlichenbahn, Lauterbrunnen gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 598 m
- Mürrenbahn cable car · 2.8 km away · rises 684 m
- Luftseilbahn Isenfluh-Sulwald cable car · 3.3 km away · rises 424 m
- Männlichenbahn, Grindelwald gondola · 5.3 km away · rises 682 m
- Allmendhubelbahn funicular · 6.1 km away · rises 257 m
- Stechelberg - Mürren cable car · 6.5 km away · rises 773 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.