Cable car · Nanchong, China
西山索道, Nanchong
西山索道 is a cable car near Nanchong, China. It climbs 160 m over 611 m, from 283 m to 444 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
18/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 西山索道 is scarier than 18% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 291 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 490 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 243 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 西山索道 is near Nanchong, China, at 283 m above sea level (30.80260° N, 106.05993° E). From there it runs 611 m up to the top station at 444 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.