Gondola · Japan
日光白根山ロープウェイ (Nikkoshiranesan Ropeway)
日光白根山ロープウェイ is a gondola near Japan. It climbs 602 m over 2.40 km, from 1,391 m to 1,993 m above sea level. Between its 30 pylons, the cable runs up to about 53 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
41/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, 日光白根山ロープウェイ is scarier than 41% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 76 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 53 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 1.63 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 176 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 日光白根山ロープウェイ is in Japan, at 1,391 m above sea level (36.81432° N, 139.32988° E). From there it runs 2.40 km up to the top station at 1,993 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Nearby lines
- 岩鞍ゴンドラスーパーウェイ gondola · 11.8 km away · rises 625 m
- 明智平ロープウェイ (Akechidaira Ropeway) cable car · 17.3 km away · rises 92 m
- 鬼怒川温泉ロープウェイ (Kinugawa Onsen Ropeway) cable car · 33.2 km away · rises 296 m
- 谷川岳ロープウェイ (Tanigawadake Ropeway) gondola · 34.6 km away · rises 569 m
- ゴンドラリフト gondola · 39.7 km away · rises 463 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.