Gondola · Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Стрела
Стрела is a gondola near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. It climbs 1,019 m over 3.65 km, from 564 m to 1,583 m above sea level. Between its 18 pylons, the cable runs up to about 63 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
72/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Стрела is scarier than 72% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 10 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 63 m, as high as a 21-storey building, 3.47 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 581 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 36°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 120 m of the 3.65 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Стрела is near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, at 564 m above sea level (43.67120° N, 40.29574° E). From there it runs 3.65 km up to the top station at 1,583 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Олимпия (Olympia) gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 603 m
- Заповедный лес gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 176 m
- Тироль gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 225 m
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 599–1,091 m cable car · 1.8 km away · rises 492 m
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 891–1,091 m cable car · 2.2 km away · rises 200 m
- Кавказский экспресс gondola · 2.4 km away · rises 970 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.