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Gondola · El Huarache (El Guarache), Mexico

Teleférico de Torreón

Teleférico de Torreón is a gondola near El Huarache (El Guarache), Mexico. It climbs 139 m over 1.49 km, from 1,133 m to 1,272 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 54 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

57/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, Teleférico de Torreón is scarier than 57% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 11 of 26 in Mexico.

  • Highest above the ground: about 54 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 1.28 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 438 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 16°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 242 m of the 1.49 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Teleférico de Torreón is near El Huarache (El Guarache), Mexico, at 1,133 m above sea level (25.53977° N, 103.45692° W). From there it runs 1.49 km up to the top station at 1,272 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.