Cable car · Jardin, Colombia
la garrucha
la garrucha is a cable car near Jardin, Colombia. It climbs 57 m over 304 m, from 1,775 m to 1,832 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 66 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
54/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, la garrucha is scarier than 54% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 15 of 26 in Colombia.
- Highest above the ground: about 66 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 61 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 304 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 11°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 61 m of the 304 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of la garrucha is near Jardin, Colombia, at 1,775 m above sea level (5.59419° N, 75.81895° W). From there it runs 304 m up to the top station at 1,832 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Cable car near Jerico cable car · 23.0 km away · rises 214 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.