Gondola · Alpbach, Austria
Wiedersbergerhornbahn (Sektion I)
Wiedersbergerhornbahn (Sektion I) is a gondola near Alpbach, Austria. It climbs 531 m over 1.43 km, from 825 m to 1,356 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 41 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
37/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Wiedersbergerhornbahn (Sektion I) is scarier than 37% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 304 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 41 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 903 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 295 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Wiedersbergerhornbahn (Sektion I) is near Alpbach, Austria, at 825 m above sea level (47.39621° N, 11.92432° E). From there it runs 1.43 km up to the top station at 1,356 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1988
- Capacity
- 1,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- Wiedersbergerhornbahn (Sektion II) gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 484 m
- Pöglbahn gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 875 m
- Verbindungsbahn Alpbach-Wildschönau Sektion 1 gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 430 m
- Verbindungsbahn Alpbach-Wildschönau Sektion 2 gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 435 m
- Reitherkogelbahn gondola · 4.0 km away · rises 535 m
- Schatzbergbahn I gondola · 5.8 km away · rises 488 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.