Gondola · Golden, Canada
Golden Eagle Express
Golden Eagle Express is a gondola near Golden, Canada. It climbs 1,069 m over 3.19 km, from 1,263 m to 2,332 m above sea level. Between its 28 pylons, the cable runs up to about 46 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
42/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Golden Eagle Express is scarier than 42% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 9 of 37 in Canada.
- Highest above the ground: about 46 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 539 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 265 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 28°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Golden Eagle Express is near Golden, Canada, at 1,263 m above sea level (51.29754° N, 117.04867° W). From there it runs 3.19 km up to the top station at 2,332 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 1,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 10 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.