Gondola · Iwamizawa, Japan
Shuttle Gondola 6
Shuttle Gondola 6 is a gondola near Iwamizawa, Japan. It climbs 397 m over 1.71 km, from 304 m to 701 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
32/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Shuttle Gondola 6 is scarier than 32% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 94 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.02 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 267 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Shuttle Gondola 6 is near Iwamizawa, Japan, at 304 m above sea level (43.05073° N, 141.96982° E). From there it runs 1.71 km up to the top station at 701 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 6 people
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.