Gondola · Guiping, China
西山索道, Guiping
西山索道 is a gondola near Guiping, China. It climbs 192 m over 604 m, from 142 m to 334 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 59 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
62/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 西山索道 is scarier than 62% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 124 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 59 m, as high as a 20-storey building, 306 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 462 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 298 m of the 604 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 西山索道 is near Guiping, China, at 142 m above sea level (23.39817° N, 110.05498° E). From there it runs 604 m up to the top station at 334 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.