Cable car · Kamikawa, Japan
大雪山層雲峡黒岳ロープウェイ (Daisetsuzan Sounkyo Kurodake Ropeway)
大雪山層雲峡黒岳ロープウェイ is a cable car near Kamikawa, Japan. It climbs 634 m over 1.53 km, from 664 m to 1,299 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 87 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
76/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 大雪山層雲峡黒岳ロープウェイ is scarier than 76% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 27 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 87 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 533 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 538 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 329 m of the 1.53 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 大雪山層雲峡黒岳ロープウェイ is near Kamikawa, Japan, at 664 m above sea level (43.72405° N, 142.94697° E). From there it runs 1.53 km up to the top station at 1,299 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- 株式会社りんゆう観光
- Capacity
- 1,530 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 101 people
Nearby lines
- 大雪山旭岳ロープウェイ (Daisetsuzan Asahidake Ropeway) cable car · 12.5 km away · rises 484 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.