Cable car · Tangyu, China
天下索道
天下索道 is a cable car near Tangyu, China. It climbs 1,212 m over 2.66 km, from 2,261 m to 3,473 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 152 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 天下索道 is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 9 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 152 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.97 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 2.66 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 2.19 km of the 2.66 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 天下索道 is near Tangyu, China, at 2,261 m above sea level (34.01253° N, 107.82748° E). From there it runs 2.66 km up to the top station at 3,473 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
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.