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Gondola · La Paz, Bolivia

Teleférico Línea Blanca: Villarroel ↔San Jorge

Teleférico Línea Blanca: Villarroel ↔San Jorge is a gondola near La Paz, Bolivia. It climbs 223 m over 2.89 km, from 3,465 m to 3,688 m above sea level. Between its 28 pylons, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

10/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Teleférico Línea Blanca: Villarroel ↔San Jorge is scarier than 10% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 14 of 14 in Bolivia.

  • Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 550 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 207 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Teleférico Línea Blanca: Villarroel ↔San Jorge is near La Paz, Bolivia, at 3,465 m above sea level (16.51083° S, 68.12110° W). From there it runs 2.89 km up to the top station at 3,688 m.

Operator
Empresa Estatal de Transporte por Cable Mi Teleférico
Capacity
3,000 people per hour
Per cabin
10 people
Ride time
about 10 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.