Cable car · Yamagata-shi, Japan
1 蔵王ロープウェイ山麓線 (1 Zao Ropeway Sanchosen)
1 蔵王ロープウェイ山麓線 is a cable car near Yamagata-shi, Japan. It climbs 468 m over 1.68 km, from 862 m to 1,330 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 94 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
83/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 1 蔵王ロープウェイ山麓線 is scarier than 83% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 13 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 94 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.30 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.30 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 904 m of the 1.68 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 1 蔵王ロープウェイ山麓線 is near Yamagata-shi, Japan, at 862 m above sea level (38.16160° N, 140.39526° E). From there it runs 1.68 km up to the top station at 1,330 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 蔵王中央ケーブル cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 528 m
- 蔵王スカイケーブル (Zao Sky Cable) gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 347 m
- 2 蔵王ロープウェイ山頂線 (2 Zao Ropeway Sanchosen) gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 329 m
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.