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Cable car · Hwacheon, South Korea

Cable car near Hwacheon

Cable car near Hwacheon is a cable car near Hwacheon, South Korea. It climbs 757 m over 1.99 km, from 378 m to 1,134 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 95 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

84/100 · Scary

By the numbers, Cable car near Hwacheon is scarier than 84% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 37 in South Korea.

  • Highest above the ground: about 95 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 981 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 911 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 659 m of the 1.99 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Cable car near Hwacheon is near Hwacheon, South Korea, at 378 m above sea level (38.25974° N, 127.74050° E). From there it runs 1.99 km up to the top station at 1,134 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.