Cable car · Xihu, China
北高峰索道
北高峰索道 is a cable car near Xihu, China. It climbs 238 m over 768 m, from 43 m to 281 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
4/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 北高峰索道 is scarier than 4% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 355 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 414 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 102 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 15°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 北高峰索道 is near Xihu, China, at 43 m above sea level (30.24548° N, 120.10153° E). From there it runs 768 m up to the top station at 281 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Gondola near Xiaoshan gondola · 16.7 km away · rises 74 m
- 天际缆车 gondola · 23.6 km away · rises 98 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.