Gondola · Merida, Venezuela
Trolcable de Mérida
Trolcable de Mérida is a gondola near Merida, Venezuela. It climbs 150 m over 420 m, from 1,413 m to 1,563 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 105 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
75/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Trolcable de Mérida is scarier than 75% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 10 in Venezuela.
- Highest above the ground: about 105 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 170 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 348 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 242 m of the 420 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Trolcable de Mérida is near Merida, Venezuela, at 1,413 m above sea level (8.58746° N, 71.14426° W). From there it runs 420 m up to the top station at 1,563 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Tromerca
- Capacity
- 1,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Teleférico de Mérida cable car · 6.2 km away · rises 3,186 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.