Cable car · Taishan, China
三天门索道
三天门索道 is a cable car near Taishan, China. It climbs 309 m over 768 m, from 1,151 m to 1,460 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
49/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 三天门索道 is scarier than 49% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 177 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 405 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 635 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 三天门索道 is near Taishan, China, at 1,151 m above sea level (27.45005° N, 114.19036° E). From there it runs 768 m up to the top station at 1,460 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 金顶索道, Matian cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 259 m
- 中庵索道 cable car · 3.2 km away · rises 702 m
- 三天门-观音岩旅游索道 cable car · 4.9 km away · rises 1,171 m
- Cable car near Wentang cable car · 18.2 km away · rises 606 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.