Cable car · Japan
新穂高ロープウェイ (Shinhotaka Ropeway), 1,300–2,148 m
新穂高ロープウェイ is a cable car near Japan. It climbs 849 m over 2.46 km, from 1,300 m to 2,148 m above sea level. Between its 5 pylons, the cable runs up to about 86 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
78/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 新穂高ロープウェイ is scarier than 78% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 23 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 86 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 212 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 591 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 272 m of the 2.46 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 新穂高ロープウェイ is in Japan, at 1,300 m above sea level (36.28231° N, 137.58075° E). From there it runs 2.46 km up to the top station at 2,148 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 新穂高ロープウェイ (Shinhotaka Ropeway), 1,107–1,301 m cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 194 m
- Funicular near Kamiichi funicular · 30.7 km away · rises 80 m
- 立山ロープウェイ (Tateyama Ropeway) cable car · 32.9 km away · rises 459 m
- 黒部ケーブルカー (Kurobe Cable Car) funicular · 32.9 km away · rises 302 m
- Gondola near Kamiichi gondola · 35.5 km away · rises 619 m
- 立山ケーブルカー (Tateyama Cable Car) funicular · 36.3 km away · rises 491 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.