Gondola · Zellberg, Austria
Wimbachexpress
Wimbachexpress is a gondola near Zellberg, Austria. It climbs 702 m over 2.07 km, from 1,630 m to 2,332 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 57 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
56/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Wimbachexpress is scarier than 56% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 172 of 408 in Austria.
- Highest above the ground: about 57 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 1.74 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 290 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 61 m of the 2.07 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Wimbachexpress is near Zellberg, Austria, at 1,630 m above sea level (47.26176° N, 11.85377° E). From there it runs 2.07 km up to the top station at 2,332 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,620 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Hochzillertal II gondola · 2.0 km away · rises 680 m
- Hochzillertal III gondola · 2.7 km away · rises 1,175 m
- Hochzillertal I gondola · 3.5 km away · rises 502 m
- Zillertal Shuttle gondola · 3.5 km away · rises 885 m
- 8er Jet gondola · 5.5 km away · rises 644 m
- Karspitzbahn I gondola · 5.9 km away · rises 733 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.