Gondola · Whistler, Canada
Excalibur Gondola Upper
Excalibur Gondola Upper is a gondola near Whistler, Canada. It climbs 364 m over 1.43 km, from 769 m to 1,133 m above sea level. Between its 16 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
28/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Excalibur Gondola Upper is scarier than 28% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 13 of 37 in Canada.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 898 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 189 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Excalibur Gondola Upper is near Whistler, Canada, at 769 m above sea level (50.11109° N, 122.94375° W). From there it runs 1.43 km up to the top station at 1,133 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
- Blackcomb Gondola Lower gondola · 0.1 km away · rises 483 m
- Excalibur Gondola Lower gondola · 1.0 km away · rises 89 m
- Whistler Village Gondola Lower gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 338 m
- Blackcomb Gondola Upper gondola · 1.7 km away · rises 694 m
- Whistler Village Gondola Upper gondola · 3.1 km away · rises 818 m
- Creekside Gondola gondola · 3.9 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.