Gondola · Yamagata-shi, Japan
蔵王スカイケーブル (Zao Sky Cable)
蔵王スカイケーブル is a gondola near Yamagata-shi, Japan. It climbs 347 m over 1.58 km, from 917 m to 1,264 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
16/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, 蔵王スカイケーブル is scarier than 16% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 125 of 160 in Japan.
- Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 1.10 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 236 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of 蔵王スカイケーブル is near Yamagata-shi, Japan, at 917 m above sea level (38.17086° N, 140.39807° E). From there it runs 1.58 km up to the top station at 1,264 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- 蔵王中央ケーブル cable car · 0.6 km away · rises 528 m
- 1 蔵王ロープウェイ山麓線 (1 Zao Ropeway Sanchosen) cable car · 1.7 km away · rises 468 m
- 2 蔵王ロープウェイ山頂線 (2 Zao Ropeway Sanchosen) gondola · 2.3 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.