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Cable car · Beiwenquan, China

缙云山索道 (Jinyun Cablecar)

缙云山索道 is a cable car near Beiwenquan, China. It climbs 455 m over 1.94 km, from 273 m to 728 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 112 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

86/100 · Scary

By the numbers, 缙云山索道 is scarier than 86% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 38 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 112 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.01 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.31 km.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 866 m of the 1.94 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 缙云山索道 is near Beiwenquan, China, at 273 m above sea level (29.83643° N, 106.41361° E). From there it runs 1.94 km up to the top station at 728 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.