Cable car · Busteni, Romania
Telecabina Peștera - Babele
Telecabina Peștera - Babele is a cable car near Busteni, Romania. It climbs 563 m over 2.55 km, from 1,606 m to 2,169 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 137 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
89/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Telecabina Peștera - Babele is scarier than 89% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 3 of 19 in Romania.
- Highest above the ground: about 137 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.19 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.36 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.09 km of the 2.55 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Telecabina Peștera - Babele is near Busteni, Romania, at 1,606 m above sea level (45.39712° N, 25.44221° E). From there it runs 2.55 km up to the top station at 2,169 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Telegondola Carp gondola · 6.1 km away · rises 620 m
- Telecabina Cota 1400 - Cota 2000 cable car · 6.1 km away · rises 598 m
- Telegondola Sinaia gondola · 7.6 km away · rises 406 m
- Telecabina Sinaia - Cota 1400 cable car · 7.9 km away · rises 580 m
- Telegondola, Azuga gondola · 11.0 km away · rises 543 m
- Kanzel cable car · 21.0 km away · rises 682 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.