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Hi Swissdreamer-
Switzerland is full of cable cars of various types, since they are an important component of the transportation network
Here are a couple of ideas..
Wengen to Männlichen ( see attached) and Weggis to Rigi Kaltbad. Männlichen is just below your altitude limit, at 2340 meters above sea level.
Perusal of this map, with traffic turned on in the menus for “Mountain Transport,” will let you see other options as you scan through the map.
map.search.ch/?pos=639308,162372&z=64 &poi=bergbahn
Look into the 4 stage route from Stechelberg to Schilthorn. If you go all the way up, you are at 2970 meters, which exceeds your limits. But, the intermediate stops could work for you. Birg is only a bit over your limit, at 2684 meters.
If those are too high. the ride up to Mürren is nice, but not as spectacular. Mürren is only at 1640 metrs, well within your limits.
Slowpoke
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Perfect! Thanks! Appreciate the effort/detail of your comments!
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Hi,
From memory, the first section of the cable car out of Stechelberg is quite exciting because of how steep it is. It gets very close to the vertical valley wall and Muerren is a very pretty town.
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….. and you can also do a nice roundtrip : Lauterbrunen to Stechelberg (bus), to Murren (cablecar), walk in the small village to station, Murren to Grutschalp (train, sit on the right site), Grutschalp to Lauterbrunnen (cablecar).
greeting from the Netherland, Brahms
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One of the nicest (and longest) cable car rides in the area of Interlaken is the ride from Grindelwald to Mannlichen. Our family always tries to go on that one when we are in the area. It’s a long, slow, relaxing ride over farm pastures and then mountain as it ascends up to Mannlichen. According to Wikipedia, it is the 3rd longest passenger carrying gondola ride in the world. The ride takes about 30 minutes. If you wanted to, after exploring the Mannlichen area (and there is a nice cafe style restaurant at the top), you could then ride another, much shorter but steeper cable down the other side from Mannlichen to Wengen. You could, of course, also do the trip in the opposite direction (Wengen to Mannlichen to Grindelwald). That would give you three new areas to explore and could easily use up the better part of a full day.
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Hi Drexelius-
As noted earlier in the thread, Männlichen is marginal for the altitude limits noted by Swissdreamer.
Slowpoke
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Yes – that was already noted earlier in the thread as I’m sure the OP saw in your post. I was just pointing out the cable ride on the other side of the Mannlichen as I believe it is a nicer (certainly longer) cable car ride. It is indeed just under 8000 feet as so dutifully noted.
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Hi Swiss dreamer
As I have also been thinking about the altitude of places we might visit, I took some time to create an excel sheet with the altitudes in descending order. While this does not directly answer the question about cable car rides, you might find it useful information. The altitudes given are all in metres not feet but I guess if my maths conversion is accurate, anything from Maennlichen or lower on the list could be OK. See attachment.
Maggie
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Fantastic Maggie, thanks for sharing – indeed very useful!
Lucas
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You guys are great – thanks!