Gondola · Lumby, Canada
Des Schumann Summit Express Gondola
Des Schumann Summit Express Gondola is a gondola near Lumby, Canada. It climbs 291 m over 1.01 km, from 1,592 m to 1,883 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 37 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
12/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Des Schumann Summit Express Gondola is scarier than 12% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 25 of 37 in Canada.
- Highest above the ground: about 37 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 296 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 126 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Des Schumann Summit Express Gondola is near Lumby, Canada, at 1,592 m above sea level (50.36043° N, 119.05710° W). From there it runs 1.01 km up to the top station at 1,883 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 4 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.