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Worlds longest straight staircase inside a mountain
Worlds longest straight staircase?
On the internet the most widespread answer is:
Jacob’s Ladder
Stairs: 699 stairs
Length: 281,6 metres (924 ft)
Vertical meters: 183 metres (600 ft)
Maximum incline 87 % (41°)
Material: Concrete
A staircase on an island somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. A staircase leading from Jamestown, Saint Helena, up the side of Ladder Hill to Ladder Hill Fort. The name is a reference to the biblical Jacob’s Ladder, a ladder extending to heaven.
But is it the longest straight staircase? No.
Worlds longest straight staircase
And probably Worlds longest staircase inside a mountain is:
Gaustabanen Stairs (Trappe)
Stairs: 3111 stairs
Length: 1050 metres (3445 ft)
Vertical meters: 650 metres (2133 feet)
Maximum incline: 81 % (39°)
Material: Wood
A staircase inside Gaustatoppen mountain in Norway. Leading from the base station to the top station of a funicular. Going straight up. No landings, no turns.
The stairs – as many other funicular stairs – are not normally accessible to the public, except for one day a year: The annual Gaustabanen stair running event.
Gaustatoppen exterior.
Gaustatoppen interior, Gaustabanen railway track and stairs (photo: Gaustabanen). Looking up the stairs, on left side of tunnel.
Stairs seen looking down; tunnel looks brighter than in real life (photo: Gaustabanen).
Map of the tunnel system.
Read more about stairs and long stairs (and Gaustabanen):
Gaustabanen Trappeløb (interior stair photos: Gaustabanen)
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