Situated on a plateau in the Shivalik belt of the Himalayas, Patnitop sits at an altitude of 2,024 m (6,640 ft).

[2] Patnitop lies in District Udhampur of Jammu And Kashmir Snowfall and avalanche in winter at Patnitop used to obstruct the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway a few times every winter and causes long queues of vehicles, sometimes for days.

[3] Skyview Patnitop is India's highest ropeway and the largest Indo-French collaboration in mountain infrastructure development was built in a record time of 2.4 years under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model.

A month after starting its commercial operation, the Skyview Patnitop by Empyrean, an initiative by Empyrean Skyview Projects Private Limited (ESPPL), was awarded the best adventure tourism destination 2019 .It features India's highest ropeway with over 65 meters of ground clearance and the longest span of 849 meters between eight towers .

The Ropeway reduces the travel time between sanget & patnitop to 15 minutes from the earlier 1.5 hours .