Gondola · Hulutao, China
A索, Hulutao
A索 is a gondola near Hulutao, China. It climbs 157 m over 1.06 km, from 414 m to 571 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
7/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, A索 is scarier than 7% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 342 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 872 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 206 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 12°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of A索 is near Hulutao, China, at 414 m above sea level (41.65388° N, 125.96144° E). From there it runs 1.06 km up to the top station at 571 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- E索 gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 415 m
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.