Gondola · Saalbach, Austria
Westgipfelbahn I
Westgipfelbahn I is a gondola near Saalbach, Austria. It climbs 407 m over 1.20 km, from 1,084 m to 1,491 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 36 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
24/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Westgipfelbahn I is scarier than 24% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 370 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 36 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 578 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 238 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Westgipfelbahn I is near Saalbach, Austria, at 1,084 m above sea level (47.37286° N, 12.59326° E). From there it runs 1.20 km up to the top station at 1,491 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,449 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Unterschwarzachbahn gondola · 0.4 km away · rises 313 m
- 12er Express gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 24 m
- 12er KOGELbahn 1 gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 464 m
- Westgipfelbahn II gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 598 m
- Reiterkogelbahn I gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 430 m
- 12er KOGELbahn 2 gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 452 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.