Cable car · Omachi, Japan
立山ロープウェイ (Tateyama Ropeway)
立山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Omachi, Japan. It climbs 459 m over 1.62 km, from 1,833 m to 2,291 m above sea level. Between its 1 pylon, the cable runs up to about 144 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
92/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, 立山ロープウェイ is scarier than 92% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 144 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 988 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.47 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.26 km of the 1.62 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 立山ロープウェイ is near Omachi, Japan, at 1,833 m above sea level (36.56693° N, 137.64964° E). From there it runs 1.62 km up to the top station at 2,291 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Opened
- 1970-07-25
- Per cabin
- 80 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- 黒部ケーブルカー (Kurobe Cable Car) funicular · 1.2 km away · rises 302 m
- 立山ケーブルカー (Tateyama Cable Car) funicular · 17.0 km away · rises 491 m
- 五竜テレキャビン (Goryu Telecabine) gondola · 19.5 km away · rises 701 m
- ゴンドラリフトLine8 (Gondola Lift Line 8) gondola · 20.4 km away · rises 352 m
- 八方ゴンドラリフト「アダム」 (Gondola Adam) gondola · 22.1 km away · rises 622 m
- ノア (Noah) gondola · 25.3 km away · rises 527 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.