Gondola · Kingsbury, United States
Heavenly Gondola
Heavenly Gondola is a gondola near Kingsbury, United States. It climbs 868 m over 3.70 km, from 1,920 m to 2,788 m above sea level. Between its 32 pylons, the cable runs up to about 44 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
44/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Heavenly Gondola is scarier than 44% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 32 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 44 m, as high as a 15-storey building, 1.26 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 264 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 32°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Heavenly Gondola is near Kingsbury, United States, at 1,920 m above sea level (38.95681° N, 119.94268° W). From there it runs 3.70 km up to the top station at 2,788 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 2,800 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 12 min
Nearby lines
- Aerial Tramway, South Lake Tahoe cable car · 1.6 km away · rises 477 m
- Base to Base gondola · 37.8 km away · rises 205 m
- Gold Coast Funitel gondola · 39.2 km away · rises 533 m
- Aerial Tram, Sunnyside-Tahoe City cable car · 39.5 km away · rises 578 m
- Big Springs Express Gondola gondola · 39.8 km away · rises 138 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.