Technical Details

The Wildspitzbahn gondola ranks among the undisputed masterpieces from a technical and architectural point of view. Take a quick look at the most important highlights of Austria's highest mountain lift.

• Wildspitzbahn is a top modern detachable mono-rope mountain gondola
• Transverse length: 2,008 m
• Difference in altitude: 591 m
• Wildspitzbahn's hourly capacity for one riding direction: 2,185 P/h
• Maximum speed: 6 m/s = 21.6 km/h
• Average riding time: 5.67 min
• Wildspitzbahn is supported by 14 lift towers and a total of 240 cable pulleys
• Total length of pulling cable: 4.2 km / diameter: 54 mm / weight 44,068.5 kg
• 61 Doppelmayr gondola cabins for 8 persons each, equipped with heated seats 

Project Partner Companies

The Wildspitzbahn and Café 3.440 projects were put into practice by Pitztaler Gletscherbahn in cooperation with Doppelmayr Seilbahnen, Melzer & Hopfner Ingenieure, Hoch-Tief-Bau Imst, Siemens and Teufelberger. The Baumschlager Hutter Partners architect's office has designed the unique architecture of the new Wildspitzbahn