Gondola · Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Вероника
Вероника is a gondola near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. It climbs 650 m over 1.92 km, from 1,586 m to 2,236 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 91 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
82/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Вероника is scarier than 82% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 91 m, as high as a 30-storey building, 661 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 609 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 446 m of the 1.92 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Вероника is near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, at 1,586 m above sea level (43.61151° N, 40.29151° E). From there it runs 1.92 km up to the top station at 2,236 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Тундра gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 573 m
- Кавказский экспресс gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 970 m
- Дриада gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 675 m
- Заповедный лес gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 176 m
- Стрела gondola · 4.4 km away · rises 1,019 m
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 891–1,091 m cable car · 4.8 km away · rises 200 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.