Cable car · Saudi Arabia
الحبلة
الحبلة is a cable car near Saudi Arabia. It climbs 129 m over 442 m, from 2,234 m to 2,363 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 125 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
79/100 · Scary
By the numbers, الحبلة is scarier than 79% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site.
- Highest above the ground: about 125 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 198 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 442 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 305 m of the 442 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of الحبلة is in Saudi Arabia, at 2,234 m above sea level (18.03493° N, 42.87412° E). From there it runs 442 m up to the top station at 2,363 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.