Cable car · Sanquan, China
金佛山北坡索道 (Mount Jinfo North Cableway)
金佛山北坡索道 is a cable car near Sanquan, China. It climbs 530 m over 878 m, from 1,597 m to 2,127 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 200 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 金佛山北坡索道 is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 7 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 200 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 387 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 878 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 744 m of the 878 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 金佛山北坡索道 is near Sanquan, China, at 1,597 m above sea level (29.04346° N, 107.18472° E). From there it runs 878 m up to the top station at 2,127 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 金佛山西坡索道 (Mount Jinfo West Cableway) gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 898 m
- 黑山景区索道 gondola · 28.5 km away · rises 62 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.