Cable car · Big Sky, United States
Lone Peak Tram
Lone Peak Tram is a cable car near Big Sky, United States. It climbs 652 m over 1.43 km, from 2,746 m to 3,398 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 192 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
95/100 · Very scary
By the numbers, Lone Peak Tram is scarier than 95% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 2 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 192 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 754 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 1.43 km.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 24°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 1.12 km of the 1.43 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Lone Peak Tram is near Big Sky, United States, at 2,746 m above sea level (45.27813° N, 111.43228° W). From there it runs 1.43 km up to the top station at 3,398 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 850 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 75 people
- Ride time
- about 3 min
Nearby lines
- Explorer Gondola Upper gondola · 1.3 km away · rises 233 m
- Explorer Gondola Lower gondola · 2.5 km away · rises 221 m
- One and Only gondola · 4.2 km away · rises 12 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.