Gondola · Sunnyside-Tahoe City, United States
Gold Coast Funitel
Gold Coast Funitel is a gondola near Sunnyside-Tahoe City, United States. It climbs 533 m over 2.65 km, from 1,902 m to 2,434 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 98 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
80/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Gold Coast Funitel is scarier than 80% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 14 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 98 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.27 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 580 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 655 m of the 2.65 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gold Coast Funitel is near Sunnyside-Tahoe City, United States, at 1,902 m above sea level (39.19582° N, 120.23559° W). From there it runs 2.65 km up to the top station at 2,434 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Aerial Tram, Sunnyside-Tahoe City cable car · 0.4 km away · rises 578 m
- Base to Base gondola · 1.5 km away · rises 205 m
- Highlands Gondola gondola · 13.8 km away · rises 178 m
- Big Springs Express Gondola gondola · 13.9 km away · rises 138 m
- Village Gondola, Truckee gondola · 14.9 km away · rises 31 m
- Heavenly Gondola gondola · 39.2 km away · rises 868 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.