Gondola · Xiwanzi, China
五索 (Lift 5)
五索 is a gondola near Xiwanzi, China. It climbs 512 m over 1.83 km, from 1,586 m to 2,098 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
26/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 五索 is scarier than 26% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 252 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 605 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 220 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 五索 is near Xiwanzi, China, at 1,586 m above sea level (40.96696° N, 115.38219° E). From there it runs 1.83 km up to the top station at 2,098 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 8 min
Nearby lines
- 一索 gondola · 0.4 km away · rises 441 m
- 七索 (Lift 7) gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 494 m
- 1索 (Lift 1) gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 393 m
- Gondola L3, Xiwanzi gondola · 6.9 km away · rises 410 m
- Lift A gondola · 7.8 km away · rises 299 m
- Lift B gondola · 8.0 km away · rises 216 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.