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Cable car · Goryachevodskiy, Russia

Канатная Дорога, Goryachevodskiy

Канатная Дорога is a cable car near Goryachevodskiy, Russia. It climbs 359 m over 855 m, from 614 m to 973 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 82 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

77/100 · Scary

By the numbers, Канатная Дорога is scarier than 77% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 56 in Russia.

  • Highest above the ground: about 82 m, as high as a 27-storey building, 373 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 752 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 421 m of the 855 m ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Канатная Дорога is near Goryachevodskiy, Russia, at 614 m above sea level (44.04379° N, 43.08147° E). From there it runs 855 m up to the top station at 973 m.

Capacity
1,000 people per hour
Per cabin
25 people
Ride time
about 3 min

Nearby lines

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.