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Gondola · Japan

身延山ロープウェイ (Mt. Minobu Ropeway)

身延山ロープウェイ is a gondola near Japan. It climbs 763 m over 1.46 km, from 369 m to 1,132 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 68 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

72/100 · Scary

By the numbers, 身延山ロープウェイ is scarier than 72% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 36 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 68 m, as high as a 23-storey building, 121 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 497 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 513 m of the 1.46 km ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 身延山ロープウェイ is in Japan, at 369 m above sea level (35.38402° N, 138.42453° E). From there it runs 1.46 km up to the top station at 1,132 m.

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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.