Cable car · Tai'an, China
后石坞索道 (Houshiwu Cableway)
后石坞索道 is a cable car near Tai'an, China. It climbs 171 m over 475 m, from 1,284 m to 1,455 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
34/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 后石坞索道 is scarier than 34% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 223 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 267 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 475 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 后石坞索道 is near Tai'an, China, at 1,284 m above sea level (36.26134° N, 117.10583° E). From there it runs 475 m up to the top station at 1,455 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 桃花源索道 (Taohuayuan Cableway) cable car · 1.5 km away · rises 670 m
- 月观峰-中天门索道 (Yueguanfeng-Zhongtianmen Cableway) cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 597 m
- Cable car near China, 678–706 m (2) cable car · 31.7 km away · rises 27 m
- Cable car near China, 678–706 m (1) cable car · 31.7 km away · rises 28 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.