Gondola · Saalbach, Austria
Westgipfelbahn II
Westgipfelbahn II is a gondola near Saalbach, Austria. It climbs 598 m over 1.32 km, from 1,491 m to 2,089 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
32/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Westgipfelbahn II is scarier than 32% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 341 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 590 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 238 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Westgipfelbahn II is near Saalbach, Austria, at 1,491 m above sea level (47.36562° N, 12.60504° E). From there it runs 1.32 km up to the top station at 2,089 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
- Schattberg Sprinter gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 256 m
- Westgipfelbahn I gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 407 m
- Unterschwarzachbahn gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 313 m
- Schattberg X-Press II gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 528 m
- 12er Express gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 24 m
- 12er KOGELbahn 1 gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 464 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.