Cable car · Recica ob Savinji, Slovenia
Žekovec
Žekovec is a cable car near Recica ob Savinji, Slovenia. It climbs 917 m over 3.11 km, from 495 m to 1,411 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 132 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
88/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Žekovec is scarier than 88% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 3 of 7 in Slovenia.
- Highest above the ground: about 132 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 2.55 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.15 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.49 km of the 3.11 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Žekovec is near Recica ob Savinji, Slovenia, at 495 m above sea level (46.35614° N, 14.93160° E). From there it runs 3.11 km up to the top station at 1,411 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Kabinenbahn Petzen gondola · 21.5 km away · rises 1,056 m
- Nihalka Velika planina cable car · 23.6 km away · rises 830 m
- Kabinska žičnica Krvavec gondola · 31.9 km away · rises 882 m
- Ročna žičnica čez Savo cable car · 35.7 km away · rises 18 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.