Gondola · Telluride, United States
Gondola Line 1
Gondola Line 1 is a gondola near Telluride, United States. It climbs 542 m over 1.75 km, from 2,669 m to 3,211 m above sea level. Between its 21 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
30/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Gondola Line 1 is scarier than 30% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 44 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.04 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 174 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Gondola Line 1 is near Telluride, United States, at 2,669 m above sea level (37.93603° N, 107.81396° W). From there it runs 1.75 km up to the top station at 3,211 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 8 people
Nearby lines
- Gondola Line 2 gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 303 m
- Free Intercept Gondola gondola · 2.2 km away · rises 3 m
- Funicular near Mountain Village funicular · 2.3 km away · rises 34 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.