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Cable car · Tonghe, China

白云山索道 (Baiyun Cable Way)

白云山索道 is a cable car near Tonghe, China. It climbs 198 m over 1.63 km, from 46 m to 244 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 56 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

53/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, 白云山索道 is scarier than 53% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 160 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 56 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 691 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 378 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 12°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 120 m of the 1.63 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 白云山索道 is near Tonghe, China, at 46 m above sea level (23.16002° N, 113.29002° E). From there it runs 1.63 km up to the top station at 244 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.