Gondola · Chenggan, China
老观光索道 (old ropeway for sightseeing)
老观光索道 is a gondola near Chenggan, China. It climbs 204 m over 619 m, from 3,584 m to 3,788 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 36 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
20/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 老观光索道 is scarier than 20% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 283 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 36 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 43 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 194 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 老观光索道 is near Chenggan, China, at 3,584 m above sea level (26.08379° N, 102.84024° E). From there it runs 619 m up to the top station at 3,788 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 2 people
Nearby lines
- 下坪子到大黑箐新索道 (New ropeway for sightseeing) gondola · 0.0 km away · rises 203 m
- Gondola near Kaji, 2,813–3,167 m gondola · 4.9 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.