Gondola · Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Олимпия (Olympia)
Олимпия is a gondola near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. It climbs 603 m over 2.25 km, from 563 m to 1,166 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 143 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
88/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Олимпия is scarier than 88% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 2 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 143 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 593 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 455 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 34°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 334 m of the 2.25 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Олимпия is near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, at 563 m above sea level (43.67180° N, 40.29802° E). From there it runs 2.25 km up to the top station at 1,166 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,709 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 599–1,091 m cable car · 0.9 km away · rises 492 m
- Стрела gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 1,019 m
- Тироль gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 225 m
- Заповедный лес gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 176 m
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 891–1,091 m cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 200 m
- Gondola A1, Krasnaya Polyana gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 891 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.