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Cable car · Hayang, South Korea

팔공산케이블카 (Palgongsan Cable Car)

팔공산케이블카 is a cable car near Hayang, South Korea. It climbs 334 m over 1.15 km, from 476 m to 809 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 47 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

41/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, 팔공산케이블카 is scarier than 41% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 25 of 37 in South Korea.

  • Highest above the ground: about 47 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 292 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 288 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 팔공산케이블카 is near Hayang, South Korea, at 476 m above sea level (35.99083° N, 128.69482° E). From there it runs 1.15 km up to the top station at 809 m.

Capacity
500 people per hour
Per cabin
4 people
Ride time
about 20 min

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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.