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Gondola · Hakuba, Japan

ノア (Noah)

ノア is a gondola near Hakuba, Japan. It climbs 527 m over 2.05 km, from 750 m to 1,277 m above sea level. Between its 21 pylons, the cable runs up to about 49 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

48/100 · Moderate

By the numbers, ノア is scarier than 48% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 64 of 160 in Japan.

  • Highest above the ground: about 49 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 1.64 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 274 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of ノア is near Hakuba, Japan, at 750 m above sea level (36.71705° N, 137.85862° E). From there it runs 2.05 km up to the top station at 1,277 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.