Gondola · China
螺髻山索道
螺髻山索道 is a gondola near China. It climbs 1,042 m over 2.25 km, from 2,545 m to 3,587 m above sea level. Between its 19 pylons, the cable runs up to about 49 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
55/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 螺髻山索道 is scarier than 55% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 151 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 49 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 899 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 380 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 螺髻山索道 is in China, at 2,545 m above sea level (27.58151° N, 102.40337° E). From there it runs 2.25 km up to the top station at 3,587 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.