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Gondola · China

红旗渠索道

红旗渠索道 is a gondola near China. It climbs 145 m over 360 m, from 470 m to 615 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 91 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

72/100 · Scary

By the numbers, 红旗渠索道 is scarier than 72% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 79 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 91 m, as high as a 30-storey building, 180 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 360 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 180 m of the 360 m ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 红旗渠索道 is in China, at 470 m above sea level (36.35261° N, 113.75147° E). From there it runs 360 m up to the top station at 615 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.