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Cable car · La Fortuna, Costa Rica

Cable car near La Fortuna

Cable car near La Fortuna is a cable car near La Fortuna, Costa Rica. It climbs 235 m over 1.17 km, from 715 m to 950 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 79 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

75/100 · Scary

By the numbers, Cable car near La Fortuna is scarier than 75% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site.

  • Highest above the ground: about 79 m, as high as a 26-storey building, 538 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.17 km.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 11°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 597 m of the 1.17 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Cable car near La Fortuna is near La Fortuna, Costa Rica, at 715 m above sea level (10.42460° N, 84.73566° W). From there it runs 1.17 km up to the top station at 950 m.

Nearby lines

  • Sky Tram cable car · 12.8 km away · rises 175 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.