Cable car · Pingliang, China
索道, Pingliang
索道 is a cable car near Pingliang, China. It climbs 340 m over 1.54 km, from 1,554 m to 1,894 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 126 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
88/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 索道 is scarier than 88% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 28 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 126 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.05 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 904 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.23 km of the 1.54 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 索道 is near Pingliang, China, at 1,554 m above sea level (35.54241° N, 106.53843° E). From there it runs 1.54 km up to the top station at 1,894 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.