Gondola · Japan
御岳ロープウェイ (Ontake Ropeway)
御岳ロープウェイ is a gondola near Japan. It climbs 543 m over 2.23 km, from 1,575 m to 2,119 m above sea level. Between its 19 pylons, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
17/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 御岳ロープウェイ is scarier than 17% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 123 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 1.11 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 221 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 御岳ロープウェイ is in Japan, at 1,575 m above sea level (35.90139° N, 137.53637° E). From there it runs 2.23 km up to the top station at 2,119 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,660 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Nearby lines
- Gondola near Japan, 1,819–2,185 m gondola · 5.5 km away · rises 366 m
- 駒ヶ岳ロープウェイ (Komagatake Ropeway) cable car · 30.7 km away · rises 938 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.