Gondola · La Paz, Bolivia
Teleférico Línea Plateada: 16 de Julio ↔ Ciudad Satélite
Teleférico Línea Plateada: 16 de Julio ↔ Ciudad Satélite is a gondola near La Paz, Bolivia. It climbs 37 m over 2.76 km, from 4,062 m to 4,098 m above sea level. Between its 19 pylons, the cable runs up to about 73 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
55/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Teleférico Línea Plateada: 16 de Julio ↔ Ciudad Satélite is scarier than 55% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 3 of 14 in Bolivia.
- Highest above the ground: about 73 m, as high as a 24-storey building, 2.01 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 317 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 3°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 121 m of the 2.76 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico Línea Plateada: 16 de Julio ↔ Ciudad Satélite is near La Paz, Bolivia, at 4,062 m above sea level (16.51925° S, 68.14986° W). From there it runs 2.76 km up to the top station at 4,098 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Empresa Estatal de Transporte por Cable Mi Teleférico
- Capacity
- 3,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 11 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico Línea Morada: 6 de Marzo ↔ Faro Murillo gondola · 1.1 km away · rises 22 m
- Teleférico Línea Roja: 16 de Julio ↔ Central gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 408 m
- Línea Amarilla: Mirador-El Libertador gondola · 2.7 km away · rises 664 m
- Teleférico Línea Naranja: Armentia ↔ Villarroel gondola · 3.4 km away · rises 4 m
- Funicular funicular · 3.5 km away · rises 13 m
- Teleférico Línea Azul: 16 de Julio ↔ Río Seco gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 60 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.