Gondola · Dali, China
洗马潭索道 (Ximatan Cableway)
洗马潭索道 is a gondola near Dali, China. It climbs 1,644 m over 5.14 km, from 2,239 m to 3,884 m above sea level. Between its 21 pylons, the cable runs up to about 70 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
74/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 洗马潭索道 is scarier than 74% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 74 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 70 m, as high as a 23-storey building, 3.87 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 433 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 660 m of the 5.14 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 洗马潭索道 is near Dali, China, at 2,239 m above sea level (25.67966° N, 100.14466° E). From there it runs 5.14 km up to the top station at 3,884 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 观光铁路 funicular · 0.3 km away · rises 177 m
- 感通索道 gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 284 m
- Gondola near Dali gondola · 16.5 km away · rises 73 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.