Gondola · Skikda, Algeria
Télécabine de Skikda
Télécabine de Skikda is a gondola near Skikda, Algeria. It climbs 31 m over 1.98 km, from 123 m to 154 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 62 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
58/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Télécabine de Skikda is scarier than 58% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 9 of 22 in Algeria.
- Highest above the ground: about 62 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 312 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 441 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 11°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 213 m of the 1.98 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Télécabine de Skikda is near Skikda, Algeria, at 123 m above sea level (36.87306° N, 6.90175° E). From there it runs 1.98 km up to the top station at 154 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 15 people
- Ride time
- about 8 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.