Cable car · Sanqing, China
金沙索道 (Jinsha Cableway)
金沙索道 is a cable car near Sanqing, China. It climbs 890 m over 2.45 km, from 392 m to 1,282 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 169 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
92/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 金沙索道 is scarier than 92% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 13 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 169 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.06 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 850 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 943 m of the 2.45 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 金沙索道 is near Sanqing, China, at 392 m above sea level (28.92607° N, 118.08810° E). From there it runs 2.45 km up to the top station at 1,282 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 南部索道 (Nanbu Cableway) gondola · 3.5 km away · rises 660 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.