Cable car · Tai'an, China
月观峰-中天门索道 (Yueguanfeng-Zhongtianmen Cableway)
月观峰-中天门索道 is a cable car near Tai'an, China. It climbs 597 m over 2.04 km, from 828 m to 1,426 m above sea level. Between its 27 pylons, the cable runs up to about 150 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
90/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 月观峰-中天门索道 is scarier than 90% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 21 of 374 in China.
- Highest above the ground: about 150 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 248 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 540 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 869 m of the 2.04 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 月观峰-中天门索道 is near Tai'an, China, at 828 m above sea level (36.23833° N, 117.10670° E). From there it runs 2.04 km up to the top station at 1,426 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 后石坞索道 (Houshiwu Cableway) cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 171 m
- 桃花源索道 (Taohuayuan Cableway) cable car · 1.9 km away · rises 670 m
- Cable car near China, 678–706 m (2) cable car · 33.1 km away · rises 27 m
- Cable car near China, 678–706 m (1) cable car · 33.1 km away · rises 28 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.