Cable car · Date, Japan
有珠山ロープウェイ (Usuzan Ropeway)
有珠山ロープウェイ is a cable car near Date, Japan. It climbs 352 m over 1.33 km, from 192 m to 544 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 102 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
82/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 有珠山ロープウェイ is scarier than 82% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 15 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 102 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 422 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.33 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 15°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 573 m of the 1.33 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 有珠山ロープウェイ is near Date, Japan, at 192 m above sea level (42.53905° N, 140.86046° E). From there it runs 1.33 km up to the top station at 544 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- ワカサリゾート株式会社
- Per cabin
- 96 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- イゾラゴンドラ (Isola Gondola) gondola · 21.3 km away · rises 527 m
- イーストゴンドラ２号線 (East Gondola No.2) gondola · 21.5 km away · rises 391 m
- イーストゴンドラ １号線 (East Gondola No.1) gondola · 23.1 km away · rises 38 m
- ウエストゴンドラ (West Gondola) gondola · 23.7 km away · rises 279 m
- アッパービレッジゴンドラ (Upper Village Gondola) gondola · 37.1 km away · rises 28 m
- ニセコゴンドラ (Niseko Gondola) gondola · 38.2 km away · rises 668 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.