GPS disabled

Gondola · Srisailam, India

Rope way

Rope way is a gondola near Srisailam, India. It climbs 103 m over 265 m, from 285 m to 388 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 30 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

9/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Rope way is scarier than 9% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 35 of 42 in India.

  • Highest above the ground: about 30 m, as high as a 10-storey building, 137 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 137 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.

How the score works · The scariest lines in the world

Where does it start?

The bottom station of Rope way is near Srisailam, India, at 285 m above sea level (16.08086° N, 78.87963° E). From there it runs 265 m up to the top station at 388 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.