Gondola · Yaoshan, China
尧山索道
尧山索道 is a gondola near Yaoshan, China. It climbs 945 m over 2.54 km, from 1,078 m to 2,024 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 101 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
84/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 尧山索道 is scarier than 84% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 45 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 101 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 522 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 610 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 810 m of the 2.54 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 尧山索道 is near Yaoshan, China, at 1,078 m above sea level (33.72365° N, 112.27489° E). From there it runs 2.54 km up to the top station at 2,024 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 石人索道 gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 358 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.