Gondola · Niseko Town, Japan
ウエストゴンドラ (West Gondola)
ウエストゴンドラ is a gondola near Niseko Town, Japan. It climbs 279 m over 1.03 km, from 429 m to 708 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
19/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, ウエストゴンドラ is scarier than 19% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 119 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 335 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 160 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of ウエストゴンドラ is near Niseko Town, Japan, at 429 m above sea level (42.74923° N, 140.89957° E). From there it runs 1.03 km up to the top station at 708 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- イーストゴンドラ １号線 (East Gondola No.1) gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 38 m
- イーストゴンドラ２号線 (East Gondola No.2) gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 391 m
- イゾラゴンドラ (Isola Gondola) gondola · 4.1 km away · rises 527 m
- アッパービレッジゴンドラ (Upper Village Gondola) gondola · 20.7 km away · rises 28 m
- エースゴンドラ (Ace Gondola) gondola · 20.9 km away · rises 494 m
- King Gondola gondola · 21.1 km away · rises 451 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.