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Gondola · Altay, China

3号箱式缆车

3号箱式缆车 is a gondola near Altay, China. It climbs 399 m over 1.44 km, from 919 m to 1,318 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

29/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 3号箱式缆车 is scarier than 29% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 243 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 902 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 220 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 3号箱式缆车 is near Altay, China, at 919 m above sea level (47.83981° N, 88.15751° E). From there it runs 1.44 km up to the top station at 1,318 m.

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Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.