Cable car · Kamikawa, Japan
大雪山旭岳ロープウェイ (Daisetsuzan Asahidake Ropeway)
大雪山旭岳ロープウェイ is a cable car near Kamikawa, Japan. It climbs 484 m over 2.29 km, from 1,109 m to 1,593 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 65 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
65/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 大雪山旭岳ロープウェイ is scarier than 65% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 47 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 65 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 1.81 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 541 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 240 m of the 2.29 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 大雪山旭岳ロープウェイ is near Kamikawa, Japan, at 1,109 m above sea level (43.65306° N, 142.79888° E). From there it runs 2.29 km up to the top station at 1,593 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- ワカサリゾート株式会社
- Capacity
- 100 people per hour
Nearby lines
- 大雪山層雲峡黒岳ロープウェイ (Daisetsuzan Sounkyo Kurodake Ropeway) cable car · 12.5 km away · rises 634 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.