Gondola · Uruapan, Mexico
Teleférico Uruapan
Teleférico Uruapan is a gondola near Uruapan, Mexico. It climbs 126 m over 7.93 km, from 1,593 m to 1,719 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
47/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Teleférico Uruapan is scarier than 47% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 14 of 26 in Mexico.
- Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 7.45 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 2.22 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 3°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico Uruapan is near Uruapan, Mexico, at 1,593 m above sea level (19.39692° N, 102.02161° W). From there it runs 7.93 km up to the top station at 1,719 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.