Gondola · Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Вершина (Summit)
Вершина is a gondola near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. It climbs 704 m over 1.31 km, from 1,459 m to 2,164 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
51/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Вершина is scarier than 51% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 22 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 969 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 289 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 38°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Вершина is near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, at 1,459 m above sea level (43.65893° N, 40.25160° E). From there it runs 1.31 km up to the top station at 2,164 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Реликтовый лес (Relic forest) gondola · 1.4 km away · rises 500 m
- Восточный лес (Ost forest) gondola · 1.8 km away · rises 43 m
- Красная Поляна gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 430 m
- Тироль gondola · 3.9 km away · rises 225 m
- Стрела gondola · 4.2 km away · rises 1,019 m
- Олимпия (Olympia) gondola · 4.8 km away · rises 603 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.