Cable car · Saijo, Japan
石鎚登山ロープウェイ
石鎚登山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Saijo, Japan. It climbs 833 m over 1.59 km, from 436 m to 1,269 m above sea level. Between its 3 pylons, the cable runs up to about 55 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
70/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 石鎚登山ロープウェイ is scarier than 70% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 41 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 55 m, as high as a 18-storey building, 388 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 893 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 119 m of the 1.59 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 石鎚登山ロープウェイ is near Saijo, Japan, at 436 m above sea level (33.80302° N, 133.14812° E). From there it runs 1.59 km up to the top station at 1,269 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Funicular near Matsuyama funicular · 31.3 km away · rises 50 m
- 松山城ロープウェイ cable car · 34.7 km away · rises 65 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.