[1] Higher lines include the Mi Teleférico in Bolivia and at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
The two-stage gondola lift ferries about 600 people per hour to and from Kongdoori Mountain, a shoulder of nearby Apharwat Peak (4,260 m (13,976 ft)).
The ropeway project is a joint venture of the Jammu and Kashmir government and French firm Pomagalski.
The first stage transfers from the Gulmarg resort at 2,650 m (8,694 ft) to Kongdoori Station in the bowl-shaped Kongdori valley.
An accident occurred on 15 June 2017 due to an enormous pine tree being uprooted by a gust of wind and breaking the perspex windows on one of the gondola cabins.