Pec pod Sněžkou - Sněžka cableway, Aerial lift in Pec pod Sněžkou, Czech Republic

The Sněžka cableway runs in two sections from Pec pod Sněžkou (826 m) via Růžová hora (1,334 m) to the summit of Sněžka (1,594 m). Since 2014, enclosed cabins pass through the middle station without passengers changing; the lower section is 1,560 m long and the upper 1,967 m.

The first section from Pec pod Sněžkou to Růžová hora opened on 15 January 1949; the upper section began trial runs on 10 November 1949 and regular service on 1 July 1950. Built by Transporta Chrudim under licence from Von Roll as a two-seat chairlift, it carried 112,200 passengers uphill in its first year. The chairlift closed in 2012 and was replaced in 2013–2014 by a cabin cableway on a slightly extended route.

The two-seat chairs of the original 1949 lift were mounted parallel to the direction of travel, so riders sat sideways facing left. The National Technical Museum in Prague asked for a lattice support, a drive mechanism and a pair of chairs for its planned railway museum at Praha Masarykovo nádraží.

The lower section runs from Pec pod Sněžkou (826 m) to Růžová hora (1334 m), where the upper section to Sněžka (1594 m) starts; cabins pass the middle station without passengers changing. In strong wind on Sněžka, only the lower section may operate on some days.

The original 1949 chairlift was built by Transporta Chrudim under licence from the Swiss firm Von Roll as type VR 101, one of the first automatically coupling single-cable chairlifts of its kind. Its two-seat chairs were mounted parallel to the direction of travel, so riders sat sideways facing left.