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Cable car · Shanhaiguan, China

角山-燕塞湖索道(已废弃)

角山-燕塞湖索道(已废弃) is a cable car near Shanhaiguan, China. It climbs 348 m over 1.99 km, from 54 m to 402 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 78 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

73/100 · Scary

By the numbers, 角山-燕塞湖索道(已废弃) is scarier than 73% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 78 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 78 m, as high as a 26-storey building, 1.03 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 660 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 484 m of the 1.99 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 角山-燕塞湖索道(已废弃) is near Shanhaiguan, China, at 54 m above sea level (40.03849° N, 119.70107° E). From there it runs 1.99 km up to the top station at 402 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.