Gondola · Arai, Japan
妙高高原スカイケーブル (Sky Cable)
妙高高原スカイケーブル is a gondola near Arai, Japan. It climbs 518 m over 2.51 km, from 733 m to 1,252 m above sea level. Between its 25 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
12/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 妙高高原スカイケーブル is scarier than 12% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 133 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 332 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 178 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 20°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 妙高高原スカイケーブル is near Arai, Japan, at 733 m above sea level (36.88702° N, 138.17723° E). From there it runs 2.51 km up to the top station at 1,252 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- 杉ノ原ゴンドラ gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 677 m
- 新井ゴンドラ (Arai Gondola) gondola · 11.4 km away · rises 609 m
- 日陰ゴンドラ (Hikage Gondola) gondola · 27.3 km away · rises 567 m
- 長坂ゴンドラ (Nagasaka Gondola) gondola · 27.3 km away · rises 783 m
- 竜王RW (Dragon King RW) cable car · 29.8 km away · rises 790 m
- Eve Gondola gondola · 31.3 km away · rises 745 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.