Stanserhorn, Mountain summit in Nidwalden, Switzerland

Stanserhorn is a 1,898-metre summit in the Urner Alps of Nidwalden, above the town of Stans. Since 2012 the ascent runs in two stages: the original 1893 wooden funicular wagons climb nine minutes to Kälti at 714 metres, then the CabriO cable car, with a spiral stair to an open upper deck, covers the rest in about six minutes.

The Stanserhorn railway, built by Franz Josef Bucher-Durrer and Josef Durrer-Gasser, opened on 23 August 1893 alongside the summit hotel. Its three electrically powered funicular sections climbed almost 4 km from Stans via Kälti and Alp Blumatt. A short circuit at Blumatt station started a fire on 2 October 1970 that destroyed the third section's drive and the hotel; the upper funicular was abandoned in 1974 and replaced by a cable car in 1975.

The summit restaurant replaced the Hotel Stanserhorn Kulm, which burned down after a short circuit at the Blumatt station on 2 October 1970. Since 2001 the Rondorama revolving restaurant turns inside the building, giving a full circle over the surrounding mountains and lakes. A marmot enclosure and a signposted 30-minute summit loop round out the visit.

The funicular and CabriO cable car normally run daily only from mid-April to mid-November; summit hiking routes close in winter or bad weather. The trip starts at the 1893 bottom station in Stans, beside the Luzern–Engelberg railway line: 9 minutes by wooden funicular to Kälti (714 m), then about 6 minutes by cable car to the summit station at 1,850 m. From the summit buildings a 30-minute round walk circles the peak, or a path continues to the 1,898 m top.

The CabriO cable car system installed in 2012 is the first double-deck design with open-air upper seating, allowing passengers to experience unobstructed views and fresh mountain air during ascent. This unusual design creates a memorable sensation of rising toward the peak.