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Cable car · Kaiwen, China

Cable car near Kaiwen, 2,251–2,457 m

Cable car near Kaiwen, 2,251–2,457 m is a cable car near Kaiwen, China. It climbs 206 m over 731 m, from 2,251 m to 2,457 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

48/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, Cable car near Kaiwen, 2,251–2,457 m is scarier than 48% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 178 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 507 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 731 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Cable car near Kaiwen, 2,251–2,457 m is near Kaiwen, China, at 2,251 m above sea level (27.03496° N, 99.67485° E). From there it runs 731 m up to the top station at 2,457 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.