Merida Cable Car is the world`s highest cable car. Its base is located in the Venezuelan city of Merida at an altitude of 1640 meters, and its terminus is on Pico Espejo, at 4765 meters. This technological achievement emerged from a project of the former Andean Venezuelan Club in 1952, and its purpose was to make it easier for tourists and Andeans to ascend to the Sierra Nevada de Merida. The idea was approved by the national government. In 1955 were started the topographic studies that would allow the design of the project and its immediate construction. In December 1956 the route towards the mountains was first traced.
