Cable car · Dengfeng, China
少林索道
少林索道 is a cable car near Dengfeng, China. It climbs 453 m over 2.76 km, from 629 m to 1,082 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 157 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 少林索道 is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 12 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 157 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.26 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 2.76 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 9°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 2.52 km of the 2.76 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 少林索道 is near Dengfeng, China, at 629 m above sea level (34.50153° N, 112.92812° E). From there it runs 2.76 km up to the top station at 1,082 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- 嵩杨索道 cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 332 m
- Gondola near Dengfeng gondola · 8.2 km away · rises 239 m
- 空中飞船 gondola · 29.4 km away · rises 36 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.