Gondola · Russia
Млечный путь
Млечный путь is a gondola near Russia. It climbs 575 m over 2.31 km, from 1,656 m to 2,232 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 78 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
73/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Млечный путь is scarier than 73% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 9 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 78 m, as high as a 26-storey building, 1.81 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 517 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 213 m of the 2.31 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Млечный путь is in Russia, at 1,656 m above sea level (43.54420° N, 41.18179° E). From there it runs 2.31 km up to the top station at 2,232 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Северное сияние, 1,649–1,651 m gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 2 m
- Орбита gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 778 m
- Северное сияние, 1,664–2,336 m gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 671 m
- Союз gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 163 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.