Gondola · Yanchihe, China
武当山索道 (Wudang Cableway)
武当山索道 is a gondola near Yanchihe, China. It climbs 644 m over 1.33 km, from 868 m to 1,512 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 107 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
84/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 武当山索道 is scarier than 84% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 44 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 107 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 289 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 408 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 37°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 643 m of the 1.33 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 武当山索道 is near Yanchihe, China, at 868 m above sea level (32.39652° N, 111.01897° E). From there it runs 1.33 km up to the top station at 1,512 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.