Cable car · Rongcheng, China
天台索道
天台索道 is a cable car near Rongcheng, China. It climbs 481 m over 1.12 km, from 697 m to 1,178 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 129 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
87/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 天台索道 is scarier than 87% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 31 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 129 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 360 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 751 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 718 m of the 1.12 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 天台索道 is near Rongcheng, China, at 697 m above sea level (30.46747° N, 117.80467° E). From there it runs 1.12 km up to the top station at 1,178 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 百岁宫缆车 funicular · 1.9 km away · rises 199 m
- 花台索道 cable car · 3.1 km away · rises 829 m
- 九子岩索道 gondola · 9.0 km away · rises 379 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.