Gondola · Razlog, Bulgaria
лифт Картала
лифт Картала is a gondola near Razlog, Bulgaria. It climbs 808 m over 2.65 km, from 1,437 m to 2,245 m above sea level. Between its 23 pylons, the cable runs up to about 41 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
34/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, лифт Картала is scarier than 34% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 7 of 8 in Bulgaria.
- Highest above the ground: about 41 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 1.87 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 249 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of лифт Картала is near Razlog, Bulgaria, at 1,437 m above sea level (42.04286° N, 23.36079° E). From there it runs 2.65 km up to the top station at 2,245 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,400 people per hour
Nearby lines
- Банско - Бъндеришка поляна (Bansko-Chalin Valog) gondola · 25.9 km away · rises 473 m
- Банско - Бъндеришка поляна (Chalin Valog-Bunderishka Polyana) gondola · 27.8 km away · rises 129 m
- Кабина "Ястребец" (Yastrebetz Gondola 2) gondola · 29.8 km away · rises 530 m
- Кабина "Ястребец" (Yastrebetz Gondola 1) gondola · 31.9 km away · rises 510 m
- Tzari Mali Grad Railway funicular · 36.4 km away · rises 90 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.