Gondola · Big Sky, United States
Explorer Gondola Upper
Explorer Gondola Upper is a gondola near Big Sky, United States. It climbs 233 m over 1.21 km, from 2,520 m to 2,753 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
34/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Explorer Gondola Upper is scarier than 34% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 40 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 1.02 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.21 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 11°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Explorer Gondola Upper is near Big Sky, United States, at 2,520 m above sea level (45.28376° N, 111.41900° W). From there it runs 1.21 km up to the top station at 2,753 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Explorer Gondola Lower gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 221 m
- Lone Peak Tram cable car · 1.3 km away · rises 652 m
- One and Only gondola · 3.8 km away · rises 12 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.