Gondola · Nesher, Israel
רכבלית (Rakavlit)
רכבלית is a gondola near Nesher, Israel. It climbs 464 m over 4.39 km, from 3 m to 467 m above sea level. Between its 49 pylons, the cable runs up to about 84 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
64/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, רכבלית is scarier than 64% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 6 in Israel.
- Highest above the ground: about 84 m, as high as a 28-storey building, 1.72 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 235 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 87 m of the 4.39 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of רכבלית is near Nesher, Israel, at 3 m above sea level (32.79335° N, 35.03299° E). From there it runs 4.39 km up to the top station at 467 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 19 min
Nearby lines
- כרמלית (Carmelit) funicular · 5.0 km away · rises 278 m
- רכבל סטלה מאריס (Stella Maris cable car) cable car · 8.0 km away · rises 136 m
- רכבל ראש הנקרה (Rosh Hanikra Cable Car) cable car · 36.1 km away · rises 49 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.