Cable car · Yungay, Peru
Teleférico Huascarán, Yungay, 3,698–4,794 m
Teleférico Huascarán is a cable car near Yungay, Peru. It climbs 1,096 m over 1.85 km, from 3,698 m to 4,794 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico Huascarán is near Yungay, Peru, at 3,698 m above sea level (9.08474° S, 77.65662° W). From there it runs 1.85 km up to the top station at 4,794 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, Yungay, 3,701–3,831 m cable car · 1.1 km away · rises 130 m
- Teleférico Huascarán, Ranrahirca, 4,003–4,781 m cable car · 2.7 km away · rises 778 m
- Teleférico Huascarán, Ranrahirca, 4,017–4,631 m cable car · 4.9 km away · rises 614 m
- Teleférico Huascarán, Ranrahirca, 3,140–4,006 m cable car · 6.0 km away · rises 866 m
- Gondola near Caras, 3,275–4,861 m gondola · 9.4 km away · rises 1,586 m
- Gondola near Caras, 3,263–4,765 m gondola · 11.3 km away · rises 1,503 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Some pylons of this line are probably missing from OpenStreetMap, so the cable is drawn too low in places. 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.