Cable car · Gose, Japan
金剛山ロープウェイ (Mount Katsuragi Ropeway)
金剛山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Gose, Japan. It climbs 561 m over 1.31 km, from 321 m to 882 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 66 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
65/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 金剛山ロープウェイ is scarier than 65% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 46 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 66 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 739 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 376 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 151 m of the 1.31 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 金剛山ロープウェイ is near Gose, Japan, at 321 m above sea level (34.46360° N, 135.69981° E). From there it runs 1.31 km up to the top station at 882 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1967-03-26
- Per cabin
- 51 people
Nearby lines
- 金剛山ロープウェイ (Mount Kongo Ropeway) cable car · 6.2 km away · rises 267 m
- 吉野ロープウェイ (Yoshino Ropeway) cable car · 17.7 km away · rises 89 m
- 西信貴ケーブル funicular · 17.9 km away · rises 347 m
- Gondola near Ikoma gondola · 24.4 km away · rises 34 m
- 近畿日本鉄道生駒鋼索線 (Ikoma Cable Line) funicular · 24.9 km away · rises 470 m
- 南海電気鉄道鋼索線 (Nankai Cable Line) funicular · 27.8 km away · rises 284 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.