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Gondola · China

祥云门索道 (Xiangyunmen Cableway)

祥云门索道 is a gondola near China. It climbs 713 m over 2.24 km, from 1,131 m to 1,844 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 65 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

70/100 · Scary

By the numbers, 祥云门索道 is scarier than 70% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 92 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 65 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 332 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 433 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 35°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 60 m of the 2.24 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 祥云门索道 is in China, at 1,131 m above sea level (39.23404° N, 114.70845° E). From there it runs 2.24 km up to the top station at 1,844 m.

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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.