Cable car · Tiantai, China
龙卦山索道
龙卦山索道 is a cable car near Tiantai, China. It climbs 446 m over 2.12 km, from 326 m to 773 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 199 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 龙卦山索道 is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 8 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 199 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.05 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 2.12 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 12°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.83 km of the 2.12 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 龙卦山索道 is near Tiantai, China, at 326 m above sea level (28.67561° N, 105.67070° E). From there it runs 2.12 km up to the top station at 773 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Gondola near Datong gondola · 27.8 km away · rises 197 m
- 方山索道 gondola · 37.7 km away · rises 321 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.