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Gondola · Naxi, China

方山索道

方山索道 is a gondola near Naxi, China. It climbs 321 m over 791 m, from 301 m to 621 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 38 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

24/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 方山索道 is scarier than 24% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 264 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 38 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 641 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 175 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 30°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 方山索道 is near Naxi, China, at 301 m above sea level (28.82249° N, 105.31912° E). From there it runs 791 m up to the top station at 621 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.