Gondola · Numata, Japan
谷川岳ロープウェイ (Tanigawadake Ropeway)
谷川岳ロープウェイ is a gondola near Numata, Japan. It climbs 569 m over 2.28 km, from 748 m to 1,316 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 72 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
70/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 谷川岳ロープウェイ is scarier than 70% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 40 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 72 m, as high as a 24-storey building, 1.77 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 415 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 361 m of the 2.28 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 谷川岳ロープウェイ is near Numata, Japan, at 748 m above sea level (36.83636° N, 138.96190° E). From there it runs 2.28 km up to the top station at 1,316 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- プリンス第2ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 2) gondola · 16.5 km away · rises 608 m
- プリンス第1ゴンドラ (Prince Gondola No. 1) gondola · 16.7 km away · rises 753 m
- ドラゴンドラ (Dragondola) gondola · 17.0 km away · rises 426 m
- 田代ロープウェー (Tashiro Ropeway) cable car · 17.2 km away · rises 606 m
- みつまたロープウェイ (mitsumata ropeway) cable car · 18.1 km away · rises 249 m
- 湯沢高原ロープウェイ cable car · 18.8 km away · rises 504 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.