Cable car · Indonesia
Grasberg Mine Cable Car
Grasberg Mine Cable Car is a cable car near Indonesia. It climbs 698 m over 1.27 km, from 2,871 m to 3,568 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 273 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
98/100 · Among the scariest
By the numbers, Grasberg Mine Cable Car is scarier than 98% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 5 in Indonesia.
- Highest above the ground: about 273 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 597 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.27 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.10 km of the 1.27 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Grasberg Mine Cable Car is in Indonesia, at 2,871 m above sea level (4.09194° S, 137.12038° E). From there it runs 1.27 km up to the top station at 3,568 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Ride time
- about 3 min
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.