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Gondola · Zhongba, China

云中羌寨索道

云中羌寨索道 is a gondola near Zhongba, China. It climbs 370 m over 910 m, from 606 m to 976 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 40 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

24/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 云中羌寨索道 is scarier than 24% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 263 of 374 in China.

  • Highest above the ground: about 40 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 404 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 175 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 云中羌寨索道 is near Zhongba, China, at 606 m above sea level (31.92280° N, 104.67622° E). From there it runs 910 m up to the top station at 976 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.