Wendelstein Cable Car

The Wendelstein cable car is a big cable car and after much older Wendelstein Cog Railway, the second cable car at the Wendelstein. The 2953 m long aerial tramway was built by Pohlig - Heckel Bleichert within 18 months and put 1970 in operation. It opens up the mountain from Bayrischzell Osterhofen from across the Southwest side.

The Wendelstein cable car, the cabin of the production of the Austrian manufacturer Carvatech (formerly Swoboda ) come from and hold a maximum of 50 people, has a supporting cable with 50 mm and a pull-wire with 30 mm diameter. It is driven by a motor of no more than 490 hp. It has a top speed of 36 km / h (10 m / s). In seven minutes, it overcomes so that a height difference of 932 m and reached a total capacity of up to 450 people / hour. You only have a single column with the considerable height of 75 meters, the maximum ground clearance of 170 m.