Gondola · Xiwanzi, China
Lift A
Lift A is a gondola near Xiwanzi, China. It climbs 299 m over 1.20 km, from 1,333 m to 1,632 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 45 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
24/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Lift A is scarier than 24% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 261 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 45 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.10 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 151 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Lift A is near Xiwanzi, China, at 1,333 m above sea level (40.99805° N, 115.30192° E). From there it runs 1.20 km up to the top station at 1,632 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,700 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Lift B gondola · 0.3 km away · rises 216 m
- Gondola L3, Xiwanzi gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 410 m
- 七索 (Lift 7) gondola · 7.1 km away · rises 494 m
- 五索 (Lift 5) gondola · 7.8 km away · rises 512 m
- 一索 gondola · 8.1 km away · rises 441 m
- 1索 (Lift 1) gondola · 10.4 km away · rises 393 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.