The red-orange Geumosan Cable Car passing over a pine forest, with sky and a village below the hills on the right

Listed on the Gumi City culture and tourism website

Geumosan Cable Car 금오산케이블카

An open-window cable car on the slopes of Geumosan

  • Total length805m
  • Travel timeabout 6 min 30 s
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Good to know before your visit

What it is

Geumosan Cable Car (금오산케이블카) is a sightseeing cable car with open windows. It runs along an 805 m line up the slopes of Geumosan Mountain (금오산) in about 6 minutes 30 seconds.

How to get here & hours

Take bus 27, 27-1, 27-2 or 27-3 to the Geumosan (금오산) stop and walk about 900 m (12 min). Open daily 09:00–17:00.

The cable car

The cable car in numbers

Geumosan Cable Car opened in 1974. With some 50 years of history and tradition, it is one of Korea’s representative cable cars.

The cable car covers a total length of 805 m in about 6 minutes 30 seconds and can carry up to 51 people at the same time.

  1. 1974Year opened
  2. 805 mTotal length
  3. about 6 min 30 sTravel time
  4. up to 51Passengers at the same time
  5. some 50 yearsof history

Windows open on both sides

The mountain outside the window

Unlike enclosed cable cars, its windows on both sides are open, so the mountain ridges and the city of Gumi spread out in one wide view.

From inside the cable car: green valleys and the distant city through the open window and its metal bars
From inside the cable car: green valleys and the distant city through the open window and its metal bars
Pine forest below the cables, with the station building among the trees
Pine forest below the cables, with the station building among the trees
Layered mountain ridges with the city between them, under a wide blue sky
Layered mountain ridges with the city between them, under a wide blue sky

Four seasons

Four seasons, four colours

Fresh green leaves in spring, deep green forest in summer, colourful autumn leaves in fall and snowy scenery in winter fill the view.

  1. Spring

    Fresh green leaves

  2. Summer

    Deep green forest

  3. Autumn

    Colourful autumn leaves

  4. Winter

    Snowy scenery

The cable car in the summer forest and autumn leaves

The red Geumosan Cable Car over green forest under a blue sky
Summer · Deep green forestThe red Geumosan Cable Car over green forest under a blue sky
Two red cable car cabins on the cables beside a steel tower, with autumn leaves below
Autumn · Colourful autumn leavesTwo red cable car cabins on the cables beside a steel tower, with autumn leaves below

Visitor info

Hours and fares

Opening hours and closing days
Opening hoursDaily09:00–17:00
Days closedNo regular closing daysSpecial closing days
  • New Year’s Day (1 January)
  • Seollal (Lunar New Year’s Day) and Chuseok Day
  • Cable car inspection days
Fares for individual visitors
Prices in Korean won (KRW)One-way ticketRound-trip ticket
Adult ticket₩7,000₩12,000
Child ticket₩5,000₩7,000

Fares and hours may change. Please check with the operator before you visit.

After getting off the cable car

Walking trails from the cable car

After you get off the cable car, a trail leads on to Haeunsa Temple (해운사), Daehye Falls (대혜폭포) and Yaksaam Hermitage (약사암), so you can explore the mountain up close on foot.

  1. Get off the cable car
  2. Haeunsa Temple 해운사
  3. Daehye Falls 대혜폭포
  4. Yaksaam Hermitage 약사암

Nearby places

  • Geumosanseong Fortress 금오산성

    about 0.2 km (straight line)

  • Chaemijeong Pavilion 채미정

    about 0.7 km (straight line)

  • Geumosan Mountain 금오산

    about 0.7 km (straight line)

  • Doseongul Cave 도선굴

    about 0.9 km (straight line)

  • Geumosan Olle Trail 금오산올레길

Getting here

Finding the cable car station

Map © OpenStreetMap contributors

Address

419 Geumosan-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do

Opening hours
Daily 09:00–17:00
Address in Korean (show it to a taxi driver)
경상북도 구미시 금오산로 419

From the car parks and bus stop to the station

Geumosan Public Parking Lots 1, 2 and 3 · to the cable car station

  1. Parking Lot 1
    about 200 m 3 min walk
    Few parking spaces
  2. Parking Lots 2 & 3
    about 900 m 12 min walk
  3. Bus — Geumosan stopBus numbers: 2727-127-227-3 금오산
    about 900 m 12 min walk

Please check transport information before you visit.