Gondola · Badaling, China
八达岭索道 (Badaling Cable Car)
八达岭索道 is a gondola near Badaling, China. It climbs 180 m over 693 m, from 661 m to 841 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 49 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
37/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 八达岭索道 is scarier than 37% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 211 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 49 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 332 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 203 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 八达岭索道 is near Badaling, China, at 661 m above sea level (40.36006° N, 116.00697° E). From there it runs 693 m up to the top station at 841 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- 八达岭地面缆车 (Badaling Ground Cable Car) funicular · 1.3 km away · rises 132 m
- Cable car near Shenjiaying cable car · 20.9 km away · rises 79 m
- Gondola A1 gondola · 26.7 km away · rises 104 m
- Gondola B2 gondola · 27.0 km away · rises 99 m
- Gondola B1 gondola · 27.0 km away · rises 308 m
- Gondola C gondola · 27.4 km away · rises 621 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.