Cable car · Wulingyuan, China
天子山索道
天子山索道 is a cable car near Wulingyuan, China. It climbs 692 m over 1.98 km, from 525 m to 1,218 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 106 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
88/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 天子山索道 is scarier than 88% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 29 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 106 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.77 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.98 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.35 km of the 1.98 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 天子山索道 is near Wulingyuan, China, at 525 m above sea level (29.37852° N, 110.50602° E). From there it runs 1.98 km up to the top station at 1,218 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 杨家界索道 (Yangjiajie Cableway) cable car · 9.1 km away · rises 520 m
- 黄石寨索道 cable car · 9.9 km away · rises 417 m
- 天门山索道 (Tianmen Mountain Cableway) cable car · 33.9 km away · rises 1,223 m
- 天门洞快线索道 (Tianmen Cave Express cableway) cable car · 36.1 km away · rises 514 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.