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Cable car · Arrowtown, New Zealand

Cable car near Arrowtown

Cable car near Arrowtown is a cable car near Arrowtown, New Zealand. It climbs 133 m over 180 m, from 271 m to 404 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

24/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Cable car near Arrowtown is scarier than 24% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 5 in New Zealand.

  • Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 15 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 167 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Cable car near Arrowtown is near Arrowtown, New Zealand, at 271 m above sea level (45.06477° S, 169.02887° E). From there it runs 180 m up to the top station at 404 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.