Gondola · Blida, Algeria
Télécabine de Blida
Télécabine de Blida is a gondola near Blida, Algeria. It climbs 530 m over 3.12 km, from 949 m to 1,479 m above sea level. Between its 25 pylons, the cable runs up to about 57 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
56/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Télécabine de Blida is scarier than 56% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 10 of 22 in Algeria.
- Highest above the ground: about 57 m, as high as a 19-storey building, 1.09 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 265 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 30 m of the 3.12 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Télécabine de Blida is near Blida, Algeria, at 949 m above sea level (36.45247° N, 2.86296° E). From there it runs 3.12 km up to the top station at 1,479 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1984
- Capacity
- 2,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 12 min
Nearby lines
- Télécabine Blida gondola · 3.5 km away · rises 732 m
- Cable car near Algiers, 194–214 m cable car · 35.4 km away · rises 20 m
- Cable car near Algiers, 225–236 m cable car · 36.0 km away · rises 11 m
- Téléphérique El Madania cable car · 38.2 km away · rises 101 m
- Téléphérique Palais de la Culture cable car · 38.2 km away · rises 93 m
- Téléphérique Mémorial cable car · 38.3 km away · rises 86 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.