Gondola · Chenggan, China
下坪子到大黑箐新索道 (New ropeway for sightseeing)
下坪子到大黑箐新索道 is a gondola near Chenggan, China. It climbs 203 m over 617 m, from 3,586 m to 3,789 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 53 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
58/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 下坪子到大黑箐新索道 is scarier than 58% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 140 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 53 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 271 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 617 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 60 m of the 617 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 下坪子到大黑箐新索道 is near Chenggan, China, at 3,586 m above sea level (26.08370° N, 102.84023° E). From there it runs 617 m up to the top station at 3,789 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- 老观光索道 (old ropeway for sightseeing) gondola · 0.0 km away · rises 204 m
- Gondola near Kaji, 2,813–3,167 m gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 354 m
- Gondola near Kaji, 2,771–2,813 m gondola · 6.3 km away · rises 42 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.