Cable car · Gejiu, China
宝华索道 (Baohua Cableway)
宝华索道 is a cable car near Gejiu, China. It climbs 393 m over 790 m, from 1,742 m to 2,134 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 68 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
74/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 宝华索道 is scarier than 74% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 75 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 68 m, as high as a 23-storey building, 209 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 790 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 477 m of the 790 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 宝华索道 is near Gejiu, China, at 1,742 m above sea level (23.35875° N, 103.16033° E). From there it runs 790 m up to the top station at 2,134 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Funicular near Gejiu funicular · 1.3 km away · rises 77 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.