Cable car · Guling, China
庐山交通索道
庐山交通索道 is a cable car near Guling, China. It climbs 868 m over 2.72 km, from 258 m to 1,126 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 148 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
92/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 庐山交通索道 is scarier than 92% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 16 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 148 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.42 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.45 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.17 km of the 2.72 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 庐山交通索道 is near Guling, China, at 258 m above sea level (29.59366° N, 115.95203° E). From there it runs 2.72 km up to the top station at 1,126 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 4,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 30 people
Nearby lines
- 星龙索道 cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 123 m
- Cable car near Guling cable car · 4.9 km away · rises 116 m
- 太乙索道 cable car · 5.0 km away · rises 381 m
- 三叠泉有轨缆车 funicular · 5.8 km away · rises 140 m
- Cable car near Bailu cable car · 12.4 km away · rises 248 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.