Gondola · Tianchang, China
苍岩山索道 (Cangyan Mountain Cableway)
苍岩山索道 is a gondola near Tianchang, China. It climbs 154 m over 399 m, from 472 m to 626 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 76 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
71/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 苍岩山索道 is scarier than 71% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 82 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 76 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 267 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 264 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 88 m of the 399 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 苍岩山索道 is near Tianchang, China, at 472 m above sea level (37.82993° N, 114.14193° E). From there it runs 399 m up to the top station at 626 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Cable car near Bailuquan cable car · 31.0 km away · rises 330 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.