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Gondola · Punalur, India

Cable Car, Punalur

Cable Car is a gondola near Punalur, India. It climbs 118 m over 499 m, from 66 m to 184 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 31 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

4/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Cable Car is scarier than 4% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 37 of 42 in India.

  • Highest above the ground: about 31 m, as high as a 10-storey building, 229 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 161 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 9°.

How the score works · The scariest lines in the world

Where does it start?

The bottom station of Cable Car is near Punalur, India, at 66 m above sea level (8.86118° N, 76.86599° E). From there it runs 499 m up to the top station at 184 m.

Per cabin
8 people

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.