Wallbergbahn, Gondola lift in Rottach-Egern, Germany

Wallbergbahn is a gondola lift in Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, connecting the valley floor to the summit of the Wallberg mountain. The line runs through forested slopes and ends at a mountain station that opens onto open terrain with views over the Tegernsee lake below.

The cable car opened in 1951 as the first direct link between the Rottach-Egern valley and the Wallberg summit. Its arrival made the mountain accessible to a wider range of visitors and gradually shaped the outdoor tourism of the area.

The mountain station's panorama restaurant, added in 1998, has a 270-degree glass facade facing the Tegernsee valley. The gasthaus beside the station was finished shortly after the lift opened in 1951, and a hotel followed in 1953. The operator is Brauneck und Wallbergbahnen GmbH.

The lower station is easy to find in the center of Rottach-Egern and is clearly signposted from the main road. On fine weekends, demand picks up quickly, so arriving early in the day helps avoid long waits.

The 3.3 km Standardabfahrt from the summit station to the valley station is the mountain's only remaining ski run, dropping 790 metres. Since 2009 it has no longer been groomed and is now marked as a ski route, popular with freeriders. Toni Sailer set the course record of 2 minutes 22.7 seconds here in 1954, on the original, pre-1960s route.