Swooshing up the world’s steepest cableway – I was that Bond girl – then realised James had got there first.
The 775m high cableway is part of Switzerland’s new Schilthornbahn 20XX project, linking Stechelberg village (866m) to car-free Mürren (1,650m) in under four minutes.
Spanning almost 1,200 meters of track, with a maximum gradient of 159.4%, it’s a wonder-ride with cabins suspended from 11-meter-long arms to manage the steep slope. For reference, the former record holder was the Loen Skylift in Norway, with an upward gradient of 60°.
