Gondola · Russia
Союз
Союз is a gondola near Russia. It climbs 163 m over 1.29 km, from 2,337 m to 2,500 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
8/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Союз is scarier than 8% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 47 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 389 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 273 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 9°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Союз is in Russia, at 2,337 m above sea level (43.52844° N, 41.15784° E). From there it runs 1.29 km up to the top station at 2,500 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,500 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Северное сияние, 1,664–2,336 m gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 671 m
- Северное сияние, 1,649–1,651 m gondola · 2.9 km away · rises 2 m
- Млечный путь gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 575 m
- Орбита gondola · 6.3 km away · rises 778 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.