Cable car · Banos, Ecuador
Cable car near Banos, 1,640–1,650 m
Cable car near Banos, 1,640–1,650 m is a cable car near Banos, Ecuador. It climbs 10 m over 544 m, from 1,640 m to 1,650 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 152 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Cable car near Banos, 1,640–1,650 m is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 2 of 6 in Ecuador.
- Highest above the ground: about 152 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 181 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 544 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 1°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 423 m of the 544 m ride.
Where does it start?
Cable car near Banos, 1,640–1,650 m runs 544 m between two stations near Banos, Ecuador: the north station at 1,640 m above sea level (1.39850° S, 78.36633° W) and the south station at 1,650 m (1.40214° S, 78.36963° W).
Directions to the north station ↗ Directions to the south station ↗
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 2 min
Nearby lines
- Tarabita San Pedro cable car · 5.2 km away · rises 42 m
- Cable car near Banos, 2,059–2,077 m cable car · 7.4 km away · rises 18 m
- Teleférico de Mera cable car · 28.4 km away · rises 16 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.