The World’s 100 Best Cable Cars & Mountain Railways · 2026
The Best Chairlifts in the World
7 of the 100 lines in The World’s 100 Best Cable Cars & Mountain Railways 2026 are chairlifts, in 7 countries. The highest placed is Aerosilla Cerro Campanario in Bariloche, Argentina, at number 39 in the world. Mittagbahn in Immenstadt, Germany (number 60) and Cataract Gorge Chairlift in Launceston, Australia (number 72) follow.
What they are
Open seats for one to four riders hang from a moving cable, with no cabin around them. The lines here run in summer for the view: up Cerro Campanario above Bariloche, over Cataract Gorge in Launceston, up Volcán Osorno in Chile and up Nuolja mountain to the Aurora Sky Station in Abisko.
Others
The Mittagbahn is a two-seater above Immenstadt in the Allgäu. The Abbottabad chairlift runs about 2.5 kilometres, and the Tsaghkadzor ropeway climbs Mount Teghenis in Armenia.
Lines
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N° 39
Aerosilla Cerro Campanario
Bariloche, Argentina
Chairlift
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N° 60
Mittagbahn
Immenstadt, Germany
Chairlift -
N° 72
Cataract Gorge Chairlift
Launceston, Australia
Chairlift -
N° 74
Abbottabad Chairlift
Abbottabad, Pakistan
Chairlift -
N° 94
Tsaghkadzor Ropeway
Tsaghkadzor, Armenia
Chairlift -
N° 95
Telesillas Volcán Osorno
Puerto Varas, Chile
Chairlift -
N° 96
Aurora Sky Station Chairlift
Abisko, Sweden
Chairlift
Best by region
- The NordicsFlåm RailwayFlåm, NorwayN° 1
- EuropeFlåm RailwayFlåm, NorwayN° 1
- AsiaFansipan Legend Cable CarSa Pa, VietnamN° 9
- The Middle EastTéléphérique de JouniehJounieh, LebanonN° 20
- North AmericaPeak 2 Peak GondolaWhistler, CanadaN° 36
- Latin AmericaTeleférico de MéridaMérida, VenezuelaN° 4
- AfricaTable Mountain Aerial CablewayCape Town, South AfricaN° 17
- OceaniaScenic WorldKatoomba, AustraliaN° 27