Stanserhorn Cabrio - two-story cable car cabin

Ruslan Younis writes: “The Stanserhorn Cabrio cable car originates in the Swiss town of Stans, a few kilometers from Lucerne, in the canton of Nidwalden. And it leads to Mount Stanserhorn (Stanserhorn) with a height of 1898 meters above sea level. Recently opened in May 2012. It is unique in that passengers have the opportunity to ride on the world's first double-decker cabrio-telecab. The top floor is unroofed and tourists can feel the breeze, breathe the fresh air and enjoy the gorgeous 360-degree panorama.”

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Source: Journal/unis

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2. To ride this road, you need to arrive at Stansstaderstrasse 19, CH-6370 Stans in Switzerland and park at the very beginning of the road up. Parking costs adequate money, however, it is small in area, and it makes sense to arrive early. We arrived at the second flight (9:15 am), about half of the seats were free. In addition, an early arrival will save you 10 Swiss francs per ticket (the so-called "Good Morning Ticket"), a full ticket costs 68 francs (about 2400 rubles). Swiss Pass holders get a 50% discount. The ticket is valid for the whole day, it is validated when landing on the ascent and a second time when descending.

3. First, tourists climb on an old rail vehicle - a funicular, which was put into operation in 1893. At one time, he broke the world record for the length of the route. Car capacity - 40 people. Until 1974, on such a funicular it was possible to climb up to the top of the mountain in 45 minutes. In 1974 this route was closed. In 1975, an aerial cable car with a conventional cabin was launched. In 2010, the funicular was updated, and in 2012 the cable car was solemnly opened with new, two-story cabins.

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5. Made of wood and iron, the cable car took us through the charming suburb of Stans.

6. Typically alpine houses and meadows on the mountainside were pleasing to the eye.

7. Ahead is the lower station of the cable car and the ropes going up the mountainside.

8. Even closer.

9. First, lower floor of the cable car cabin. In total, up to 60 people can be accommodated on both floors. No more than 30 on the top floor.

10. A spiral staircase leads to the second, open floor. In bad weather access is closed here. But we were lucky, it was cloudy and foggy, but no rain.

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12. The cabin crawls very quietly.

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14. Approximately halfway we meet the same cabin creeping down.

We decided on this trip despite the weather conditions. And this is thanks to a webcam that is installed on the mountain and broadcasts the image online on the Stanserhorn Cabrio website.

15. For example, right now the camera is broadcasting such a picture.

And if you turn on the camera display through the video codec, you can see that the camera is rotating, this will help to view the panorama of almost 180 degrees.

16. Here, we have overcome the lower layer of fog and drive up to the upper station.

17. Some horned animals ran freely under us. The comments suggest that these are alpine chamois.

18. And in front of the eye appears such a view.

19. We are at the top station.

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21. A few more numbers on the cable car. The length is 2320 meters. The lower station is located at an altitude of 711 meters, and the upper station is 1850 meters above sea level. Movement speed - 8 meters per second. A one-way trip in time will take 6 minutes and 24 seconds. Throughput - 465 tourists per hour. Investments in the construction of this road amounted to more than 28 million Swiss francs (that's almost a billion rubles). Garaventa AG is the largest ropeway construction company in Switzerland.

22. These are details of the cable car mechanism before reconstruction.

23. One of the attractions of this mountain is the Rondorama restaurant. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that in the center of the restaurant there is a revolving platform with tables for 80 people. All walls of the restaurant are transparent.

24. View of the station and the restaurant from above. There are several walking trails leading from the building.

25. Tourists enjoy magnificent views of the Alpine mountains and lakes. A little earlier, I made a post with selected photos from the top, I recommend you to look!

26. Paths can reach the highest point accessible to pedestrians.

27. Here is the same camera that broadcasts the image and video on the cable car site.

28. There is an observation deck at this point. Took a panorama from there

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30. The cross was erected by the local mountain and hiking club. In 2005, it was damaged by a lightning strike. On the ninth of October it was restored and erected in its old place.

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33. After walking on the top and a hearty snack (potato soup was great), we go down.

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35. Tourists. How I envy them. They are waiting for a ton of new and pleasant experiences!

36. Funicular again.

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39. And that's it. A journey that will be remembered for a lifetime is over. If you're there, say hello to Willy Althaus. Cheerful man, he told us a lot of interesting things.