Gondola · Otaru, Japan
スカイキャビン8 (Sky Cabin 8)
スカイキャビン8 is a gondola near Otaru, Japan. It climbs 467 m over 1.90 km, from 628 m to 1,094 m above sea level. Between its 14 pylons, the cable runs up to about 48 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
47/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, スカイキャビン8 is scarier than 47% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 66 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 48 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 814 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 355 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of スカイキャビン8 is near Otaru, Japan, at 628 m above sea level (43.07160° N, 141.08222° E). From there it runs 1.90 km up to the top station at 1,094 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- キロロゴンドラ (Kiroro Gondola) gondola · 5.1 km away · rises 611 m
- ゲートウェイエクスプレス (Gateway Express) gondola · 6.8 km away · rises 43 m
- エイトゴンドラ (Eight Gondola) gondola · 11.3 km away · rises 152 m
- 観光ロープウェイ (Sightseeing Ropeway) cable car · 14.0 km away · rises 267 m
- もーりすカー (Morris Car) funicular · 21.3 km away · rises 59 m
- もいわ山ロープウェイ (Moiwayama Ropeway) cable car · 21.6 km away · rises 377 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.