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Gondola · Guwei, China

五老峰索道

五老峰索道 is a gondola near Guwei, China. It climbs 533 m over 1.19 km, from 830 m to 1,363 m above sea level. Between its 41 pylons, the cable runs up to about 32 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

1/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 五老峰索道 is scarier than 1% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 369 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 32 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 46 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 63 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 0°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 五老峰索道 is near Guwei, China, at 830 m above sea level (34.82098° N, 110.58758° E). From there it runs 1.19 km up to the top station at 1,363 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.