Cable car · Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 599–1,091 m
S is a cable car near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. It climbs 492 m over 1.74 km, from 599 m to 1,091 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 76 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
74/100 · Scary
By the numbers, S is scarier than 74% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 8 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 76 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 157 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 638 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 415 m of the 1.74 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of S is near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, at 599 m above sea level (43.67285° N, 40.31462° E). From there it runs 1.74 km up to the top station at 1,091 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 12 people
Nearby lines
- Олимпия (Olympia) gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 603 m
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 891–1,091 m cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 200 m
- Заповедный лес gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 176 m
- Стрела gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 1,019 m
- Тироль gondola · 2.1 km away · rises 225 m
- Gondola A2, Krasnaya Polyana gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 217 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.