Gondola · Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Дриада
Дриада is a gondola near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. It climbs 675 m over 2.01 km, from 957 m to 1,632 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 54 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
56/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Дриада is scarier than 56% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 18 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 54 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 938 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 266 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 30 m of the 2.01 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Дриада is near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, at 957 m above sea level (43.64562° N, 40.33275° E). From there it runs 2.01 km up to the top station at 1,632 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Nearby lines
- Кавказский экспресс gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 970 m
- Тундра gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 573 m
- Заповедный лес gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 176 m
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 891–1,091 m cable car · 2.0 km away · rises 200 m
- Стрела gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 1,019 m
- Вероника gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 650 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.