Cable car · Gangtok, India
Damodar Ropeway
Damodar Ropeway is a cable car near Gangtok, India. It climbs 209 m over 939 m, from 1,494 m to 1,703 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 76 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
73/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Damodar Ropeway is scarier than 73% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 10 of 42 in India.
- Highest above the ground: about 76 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 393 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 726 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 212 m of the 939 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Damodar Ropeway is near Gangtok, India, at 1,494 m above sea level (27.31782° N, 88.60670° E). From there it runs 939 m up to the top station at 1,703 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Gondola near Gangtok gondola · 15.6 km away · rises 245 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.