Cable car · Ranrahirca, Peru
Teleférico Huascarán, Ranrahirca, 4,003–4,781 m
Teleférico Huascarán is a cable car near Ranrahirca, Peru. It climbs 778 m over 3.42 km, from 4,003 m to 4,781 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 96 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
75/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Teleférico Huascarán is scarier than 75% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 2 of 7 in Peru.
- Highest above the ground: about 96 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.10 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 374 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 449 m of the 3.42 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico Huascarán is near Ranrahirca, Peru, at 4,003 m above sea level (9.13166° S, 77.65425° W). From there it runs 3.42 km up to the top station at 4,781 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 15 people
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico Huascarán, Ranrahirca, 4,017–4,631 m cable car · 2.3 km away · rises 614 m
- Teleférico Huascarán, Yungay, 3,698–4,794 m cable car · 2.7 km away · rises 1,096 m
- Teleférico Huascarán, Ranrahirca, 3,140–4,006 m cable car · 3.4 km away · rises 866 m
- Teleférico Huascarán, Yungay, 3,701–3,831 m cable car · 3.8 km away · rises 130 m
- Gondola near Caras, 3,275–4,861 m gondola · 11.4 km away · rises 1,586 m
- Gondola near Caras, 3,263–4,765 m gondola · 13.3 km away · rises 1,503 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.