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Cable car · Canada

Hell's Gate Airtram

Hell's Gate Airtram is a cable car near Canada. It climbs 166 m over 322 m, from 95 m to 261 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 86 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

72/100 · Scary

By the numbers, Hell's Gate Airtram is scarier than 72% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 4 of 37 in Canada.

  • Highest above the ground: about 86 m, as high as a 29-storey building, 168 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 322 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 27°.
  • More than 50 m above the ground for 92 m of the 322 m ride.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Hell's Gate Airtram is in Canada, at 95 m above sea level (49.78036° N, 121.45053° W). From there it runs 322 m up to the top station at 261 m.

Capacity
530 people per hour
Per cabin
22 people

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.