Gondola · Gatlinburg, United States
Crystal Express
Crystal Express is a gondola near Gatlinburg, United States. It climbs 173 m over 655 m, from 395 m to 568 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
2/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Crystal Express is scarier than 2% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 98 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 597 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 92 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 0°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Crystal Express is near Gatlinburg, United States, at 395 m above sea level (35.71312° N, 83.51196° W). From there it runs 655 m up to the top station at 568 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Funicular near Gatlinburg funicular · 0.8 km away · rises 35 m
- Ober Mountain Aerial Tramway cable car · 2.8 km away · rises 408 m
- Funicular near Robbinsville funicular · 39.3 km away · rises 105 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.