Gondola · United States
Catskill Thunder Gondola
Catskill Thunder Gondola is a gondola near United States. It climbs 411 m over 1.94 km, from 633 m to 1,044 m above sea level. Between its 15 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
25/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Catskill Thunder Gondola is scarier than 25% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 49 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 1.76 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 308 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 19°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Catskill Thunder Gondola is in the United States, at 633 m above sea level (42.14052° N, 74.50120° W). From there it runs 1.94 km up to the top station at 1,044 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,000 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
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.