Gondola · Arai, Japan
杉ノ原ゴンドラ
杉ノ原ゴンドラ is a gondola near Arai, Japan. It climbs 677 m over 2.99 km, from 807 m to 1,484 m above sea level. Between its 34 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
30/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 杉ノ原ゴンドラ is scarier than 30% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 97 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 2.22 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 258 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 杉ノ原ゴンドラ is near Arai, Japan, at 807 m above sea level (36.85565° N, 138.15699° E). From there it runs 2.99 km up to the top station at 1,484 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1997-12-04
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- 妙高高原スカイケーブル (Sky Cable) gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 518 m
- 新井ゴンドラ (Arai Gondola) gondola · 14.3 km away · rises 609 m
- Eve Gondola gondola · 28.6 km away · rises 745 m
- 長坂ゴンドラ (Nagasaka Gondola) gondola · 29.4 km away · rises 783 m
- 日陰ゴンドラ (Hikage Gondola) gondola · 29.5 km away · rises 567 m
- 栂池ロープウェイ (Tsugaike Ropeway) cable car · 30.0 km away · rises 245 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.