Gondola · Niseko Town, Japan
エースゴンドラ (Ace Gondola)
エースゴンドラ is a gondola near Niseko Town, Japan. It climbs 494 m over 1.61 km, from 315 m to 809 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 91 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
80/100 · Scary
By the numbers, エースゴンドラ is scarier than 80% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 19 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 91 m, as high as a 30-storey building, 843 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.24 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 569 m of the 1.61 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of エースゴンドラ is near Niseko Town, Japan, at 315 m above sea level (42.86145° N, 140.69777° E). From there it runs 1.61 km up to the top station at 809 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- King Gondola gondola · 0.5 km away · rises 451 m
- ニセコゴンドラ (Niseko Gondola) gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 668 m
- アッパービレッジゴンドラ (Upper Village Gondola) gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 28 m
- HANAZONO シンフォニーゴンドラ (Hanazono Symphony Gondola) gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 209 m
- アンヌプリゴンドラ (Niseko Annupuri Gondola) gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 568 m
- ウエストゴンドラ (West Gondola) gondola · 20.9 km away · rises 279 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.