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Gondola · Gaoyao, China

昆明旅游索道

昆明旅游索道 is a gondola near Gaoyao, China. It climbs 243 m over 1.87 km, from 1,889 m to 2,132 m above sea level. Between its 18 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

41/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, 昆明旅游索道 is scarier than 41% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 201 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.54 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 202 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 昆明旅游索道 is near Gaoyao, China, at 1,889 m above sea level (24.96309° N, 102.65087° E). From there it runs 1.87 km up to the top station at 2,132 m.

Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗

Opened
1997-2-3
Operator
昆明旅游索道开发有限责任公司
Per cabin
6 people

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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.