Gondola · Lake Placid, United States
Cloudsplitter Gondola
Cloudsplitter Gondola is a gondola near Lake Placid, United States. It climbs 742 m over 2.46 km, from 373 m to 1,116 m above sea level. Between its 23 pylons, the cable runs up to about 42 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
40/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Cloudsplitter Gondola is scarier than 40% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 35 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 42 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 2.16 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 242 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Cloudsplitter Gondola is near Lake Placid, United States, at 373 m above sea level (44.35322° N, 73.86125° W). From there it runs 2.46 km up to the top station at 1,116 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Nearby lines
- Skyride, Lake Placid gondola · 13.0 km away · rises 64 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.