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Gondola · Sankt Gilgen, Austria

Zwölferhornseilbahn

Zwölferhornseilbahn is a gondola near Sankt Gilgen, Austria. It climbs 913 m over 2.60 km, from 558 m to 1,470 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 79 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

77/100 · Scary

By the numbers, Zwölferhornseilbahn is scarier than 77% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 61 of 408 in Austria.

  • Highest above the ground: about 79 m, as high as a 26-storey building, 1.03 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 616 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 746 m of the 2.60 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Zwölferhornseilbahn is near Sankt Gilgen, Austria, at 558 m above sea level (47.76536° N, 13.36427° E). From there it runs 2.60 km up to the top station at 1,470 m.

Opened
2020-10-23
Capacity
655 people per hour
Per cabin
8 people
Ride time
about 10 min

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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.