Gondola · Inawashiro, Japan
磐梯山ロープゥエイ (Mt. Bandai Ropeway)
磐梯山ロープゥエイ is a gondola near Inawashiro, Japan. It climbs 415 m over 1.61 km, from 770 m to 1,185 m above sea level. Between its 21 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
22/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 磐梯山ロープゥエイ is scarier than 22% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 112 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.46 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 199 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 磐梯山ロープゥエイ is near Inawashiro, Japan, at 770 m above sea level (37.57930° N, 140.06040° E). From there it runs 1.61 km up to the top station at 1,185 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
Nearby lines
- アルツゴンドラ gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 444 m
- ゴンドラ, Inawashiro gondola · 14.6 km away · rises 380 m
- 天元台ロープウェイ (Tengendai Ropeway) cable car · 21.8 km away · rises 376 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.