Cable car · Zhangyelu, China
黄河索道 (Yellow River Aerialway)
黄河索道 is a cable car near Zhangyelu, China. It climbs 158 m over 1.05 km, from 1,519 m to 1,678 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 63 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
66/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 黄河索道 is scarier than 66% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 114 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 63 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 179 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.05 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 9°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 239 m of the 1.05 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 黄河索道 is near Zhangyelu, China, at 1,519 m above sea level (36.06375° N, 103.81059° E). From there it runs 1.05 km up to the top station at 1,678 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Cable car near Yuzhong Chengguanzhen cable car · 37.8 km away · rises 105 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.