Cable car · Mahad, India
Raigad ropeway
Raigad ropeway is a cable car near Mahad, India. It climbs 369 m over 551 m, from 401 m to 770 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 116 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
86/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Raigad ropeway is scarier than 86% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 42 in India.
- Highest above the ground: about 116 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 194 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 551 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 476 m of the 551 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Raigad ropeway is near Mahad, India, at 401 m above sea level (18.22917° N, 73.43599° E). From there it runs 551 m up to the top station at 770 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 72 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 4 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
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.