Cable car · `En Boqeq, Israel
רכבל מצדה (Masada Cable Car)
רכבל מצדה is a cable car near `En Boqeq, Israel. It climbs 284 m over 840 m, from -255 m to 29 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 114 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
84/100 · Scary
By the numbers, רכבל מצדה is scarier than 84% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 6 in Israel.
- Highest above the ground: about 114 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 270 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 840 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 660 m of the 840 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of רכבל מצדה is near `En Boqeq, Israel, at -255 m above sea level (31.31235° N, 35.36157° E). From there it runs 840 m up to the top station at 29 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1998
- Capacity
- 1,200 people per hour
- Ride time
- about 3 min
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.