Gondola · Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Кавказский экспресс
Кавказский экспресс is a gondola near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. It climbs 970 m over 2.15 km, from 1,347 m to 2,316 m above sea level. Between its 17 pylons, the cable runs up to about 52 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
57/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Кавказский экспресс is scarier than 57% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 16 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 52 m, as high as a 17-storey building, 1.20 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 328 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 30 m of the 2.15 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Кавказский экспресс is near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, at 1,347 m above sea level (43.64437° N, 40.31513° E). From there it runs 2.15 km up to the top station at 2,316 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,384 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Дриада gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 675 m
- Тундра gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 573 m
- Заповедный лес gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 176 m
- Вероника gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 650 m
- Стрела gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 1,019 m
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 891–1,091 m cable car · 2.6 km away · rises 200 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.