Cable car · Canon City, United States
Cable car near Canon City
Cable car near Canon City is a cable car near Canon City, United States. It climbs 36 m over 661 m, from 1,991 m to 2,027 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 307 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
93/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Cable car near Canon City is scarier than 93% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 5 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 307 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 197 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 631 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 3°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 541 m of the 661 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Cable car near Canon City is near Canon City, United States, at 1,991 m above sea level (38.46305° N, 105.32214° W). From there it runs 661 m up to the top station at 2,027 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.