Gondola · Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Восточный лес (Ost forest)
Восточный лес is a gondola near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. It climbs 43 m over 653 m, from 957 m to 1,000 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 35 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
6/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Восточный лес is scarier than 6% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 49 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 35 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 153 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 214 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 5°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Восточный лес is near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, at 957 m above sea level (43.66825° N, 40.25929° E). From there it runs 653 m up to the top station at 1,000 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Реликтовый лес (Relic forest) gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 500 m
- Красная Поляна gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 430 m
- Вершина (Summit) gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 704 m
- Тироль gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 225 m
- Стрела gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 1,019 m
- Олимпия (Olympia) gondola · 3.7 km away · rises 603 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.