Gondola · Idaho Springs, United States
Mighty Argo Cable Car
Mighty Argo Cable Car is a gondola near Idaho Springs, United States. It climbs 394 m over 1.64 km, from 2,285 m to 2,679 m above sea level. Between its 13 pylons, the cable runs up to about 39 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
22/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Mighty Argo Cable Car is scarier than 22% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 54 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 39 m, as high as a 13-storey building, 961 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 208 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Mighty Argo Cable Car is near Idaho Springs, United States, at 2,285 m above sea level (39.74243° N, 105.50510° W). From there it runs 1.64 km up to the top station at 2,679 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Village Cabriolet gondola · 26.2 km away · rises 25 m
- The Gondola gondola · 26.7 km away · rises 487 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.