Gondola · Whistler, Canada
Excalibur Gondola Lower
Excalibur Gondola Lower is a gondola near Whistler, Canada. It climbs 89 m over 723 m, from 680 m to 769 m above sea level. Between its 9 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
4/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Excalibur Gondola Lower is scarier than 4% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 30 of 37 in Canada.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 238 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 127 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 11°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Excalibur Gondola Lower is near Whistler, Canada, at 680 m above sea level (50.11336° N, 122.95324° W). From there it runs 723 m up to the top station at 769 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 7 min
Nearby lines
- Whistler Village Gondola Lower gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 338 m
- Blackcomb Gondola Lower gondola · 0.9 km away · rises 483 m
- Excalibur Gondola Upper gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 364 m
- Blackcomb Gondola Upper gondola · 2.7 km away · rises 694 m
- Whistler Village Gondola Upper gondola · 3.0 km away · rises 818 m
- Creekside Gondola gondola · 3.2 km away · rises 642 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.