Gondola · China
천지삭도 (Mount Paektu Gondola)
천지삭도 is a gondola near China. It climbs 420 m over 1.20 km, from 2,208 m to 2,628 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 48 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
52/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 천지삭도 is scarier than 52% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 165 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 48 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 879 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 380 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 천지삭도 is in China, at 2,208 m above sea level (42.00594° N, 128.07753° E). From there it runs 1.20 km up to the top station at 2,628 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 향도봉호 (Mount Paektu Funicular) funicular · 1.2 km away · rises 274 m
- Gondola near Erdaobaihe gondola · 33.3 km away · rises 228 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.