Gondola · Russia
Северное сияние, 1,664–2,336 m
Северное сияние is a gondola near Russia. It climbs 671 m over 2.17 km, from 1,664 m to 2,336 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 47 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
50/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Северное сияние is scarier than 50% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 23 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 47 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 344 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 595 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Северное сияние is in Russia, at 1,664 m above sea level (43.54178° N, 41.17836° E). From there it runs 2.17 km up to the top station at 2,336 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Северное сияние, 1,649–1,651 m gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 2 m
- Союз gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 163 m
- Млечный путь gondola · 2.6 km away · rises 575 m
- Орбита gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 778 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.