Gondola · Krasnaya Polyana, Russia
Заповедный лес
Заповедный лес is a gondola near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. It climbs 176 m over 1.55 km, from 1,168 m to 1,344 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 75 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
71/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Заповедный лес is scarier than 71% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 11 of 56 in Russia.
- Highest above the ground: about 75 m, as high as a 25-storey building, 964 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 464 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 389 m of the 1.55 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Заповедный лес is near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, at 1,168 m above sea level (43.65814° N, 40.31921° E). From there it runs 1.55 km up to the top station at 1,344 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,442 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 4 min
Nearby lines
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 891–1,091 m cable car · 1.1 km away · rises 200 m
- Стрела gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 1,019 m
- Cable car S, Krasnaya Polyana, 599–1,091 m cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 492 m
- Олимпия (Olympia) gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 603 m
- Кавказский экспресс gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 970 m
- Дриада gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 675 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.