Cable car · Yamagata-shi, Japan
蔵王中央ケーブル
蔵王中央ケーブル is a cable car near Yamagata-shi, Japan. It climbs 528 m over 1.72 km, from 856 m to 1,384 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 84 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
76/100 · Scary
By the numbers, 蔵王中央ケーブル is scarier than 76% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 28 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 84 m, as high as a 28-storey building, 862 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 736 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 17°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 750 m of the 1.72 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 蔵王中央ケーブル is near Yamagata-shi, Japan, at 856 m above sea level (38.16486° N, 140.39573° E). From there it runs 1.72 km up to the top station at 1,384 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- 蔵王スカイケーブル (Zao Sky Cable) gondola · 0.6 km away · rises 347 m
- 1 蔵王ロープウェイ山麓線 (1 Zao Ropeway Sanchosen) cable car · 1.0 km away · rises 468 m
- 2 蔵王ロープウェイ山頂線 (2 Zao Ropeway Sanchosen) gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 329 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.