Cable car · Sunnyside-Tahoe City, United States
Aerial Tram, Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Aerial Tram is a cable car near Sunnyside-Tahoe City, United States. It climbs 578 m over 2.18 km, from 1,898 m to 2,476 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 191 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Aerial Tram is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 6 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 191 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 1.82 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 886 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.53 km of the 2.18 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Aerial Tram is near Sunnyside-Tahoe City, United States, at 1,898 m above sea level (39.19681° N, 120.23596° W). From there it runs 2.18 km up to the top station at 2,476 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 700 people per hour
Nearby lines
- Gold Coast Funitel gondola · 0.4 km away · rises 533 m
- Base to Base gondola · 1.9 km away · rises 205 m
- Highlands Gondola gondola · 13.5 km away · rises 178 m
- Big Springs Express Gondola gondola · 13.6 km away · rises 138 m
- Village Gondola, Truckee gondola · 14.7 km away · rises 31 m
- Heavenly Gondola gondola · 39.5 km away · rises 868 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.