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Gondola · Xiayunling, China

云水洞索道

云水洞索道 is a gondola near Xiayunling, China. It climbs 304 m over 806 m, from 197 m to 501 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

10/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 云水洞索道 is scarier than 10% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 328 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 116 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 157 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 云水洞索道 is near Xiayunling, China, at 197 m above sea level (39.66683° N, 115.80778° E). From there it runs 806 m up to the top station at 501 m.

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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.