Cable car · Sokcho, South Korea
설악 케이블카 (Sorak Cable Car)
설악 케이블카 is a cable car near Sokcho, South Korea. It climbs 476 m over 1.04 km, from 206 m to 682 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 106 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
85/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 설악 케이블카 is scarier than 85% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 5 of 37 in South Korea.
- Highest above the ground: about 106 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 644 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 814 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 543 m of the 1.04 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 설악 케이블카 is near Sokcho, South Korea, at 206 m above sea level (38.17315° N, 128.48911° E). From there it runs 1.04 km up to the top station at 682 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- 설악케이블카
- Per cabin
- 50 people
- Ride time
- about 5 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.