Gondola · Xiwanzi, China
一索
一索 is a gondola near Xiwanzi, China. It climbs 441 m over 1.50 km, from 1,656 m to 2,097 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
29/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 一索 is scarier than 29% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 242 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 718 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 268 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 一索 is near Xiwanzi, China, at 1,656 m above sea level (40.96741° N, 115.39060° E). From there it runs 1.50 km up to the top station at 2,097 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 五索 (Lift 5) gondola · 0.4 km away · rises 512 m
- 七索 (Lift 7) gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 494 m
- 1索 (Lift 1) gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 393 m
- Gondola L3, Xiwanzi gondola · 7.2 km away · rises 410 m
- Lift A gondola · 8.1 km away · rises 299 m
- Lift B gondola · 8.3 km away · rises 216 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.