Cable car · Hofu, Japan
大平山ロープウエー (Ōhirayama Ropeway)
大平山ロープウエー is a cable car near Hofu, Japan. It climbs 407 m over 851 m, from 161 m to 568 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 72 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
72/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 大平山ロープウエー is scarier than 72% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 34 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 72 m, as high as a 24-storey building, 606 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 494 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 29°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 180 m of the 851 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 大平山ロープウエー is near Hofu, Japan, at 161 m above sea level (34.06648° N, 131.62328° E). From there it runs 851 m up to the top station at 568 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.