Cable car · Maoshan, China
茅山索道
茅山索道 is a cable car near Maoshan, China. It climbs 161 m over 764 m, from 163 m to 324 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 103 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
78/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 茅山索道 is scarier than 78% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 61 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 103 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 494 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 764 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 12°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 599 m of the 764 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 茅山索道 is near Maoshan, China, at 163 m above sea level (31.77786° N, 119.31521° E). From there it runs 764 m up to the top station at 324 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Cable car near Maoshan cable car · 3.7 km away · rises 20 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.