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Gondola · Hakuba, Japan

五竜テレキャビン (Goryu Telecabine)

五竜テレキャビン is a gondola near Hakuba, Japan. It climbs 701 m over 1.83 km, from 839 m to 1,540 m above sea level. Between its 20 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

33/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 五竜テレキャビン is scarier than 33% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 93 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.36 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 215 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 五竜テレキャビン is near Hakuba, Japan, at 839 m above sea level (36.66367° N, 137.83498° E). From there it runs 1.83 km up to the top station at 1,540 m.

Per cabin
8 people

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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.