Cable car · South Lake Tahoe, United States
Aerial Tramway, South Lake Tahoe
Aerial Tramway is a cable car near South Lake Tahoe, United States. It climbs 477 m over 1.14 km, from 2,028 m to 2,505 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 88 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
81/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Aerial Tramway is scarier than 81% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 13 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 88 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 357 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 848 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 684 m of the 1.14 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Aerial Tramway is near South Lake Tahoe, United States, at 2,028 m above sea level (38.93710° N, 119.93907° W). From there it runs 1.14 km up to the top station at 2,505 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 650 people per hour
Nearby lines
- Heavenly Gondola gondola · 1.6 km away · rises 868 m
- Base to Base gondola · 38.3 km away · rises 205 m
- Gold Coast Funitel gondola · 39.7 km away · rises 533 m
- Aerial Tram, Sunnyside-Tahoe City cable car · 39.9 km away · rises 578 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.