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Cable car · Ranrahirca, Peru

Teleférico Huascarán, Ranrahirca, 4,017–4,631 m

Teleférico Huascarán is a cable car near Ranrahirca, Peru. It climbs 614 m over 2.14 km, from 4,017 m to 4,631 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 49 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

44/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, Teleférico Huascarán is scarier than 44% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 5 of 7 in Peru.

  • Highest above the ground: about 49 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 126 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 269 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Teleférico Huascarán is near Ranrahirca, Peru, at 4,017 m above sea level (9.13205° S, 77.65402° W). From there it runs 2.14 km up to the top station at 4,631 m.

Capacity
1,000 people per hour
Per cabin
15 people
Ride time
about 15 min

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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.