Cable car · Gatlinburg, United States
Ober Mountain Aerial Tramway
Ober Mountain Aerial Tramway is a cable car near Gatlinburg, United States. It climbs 408 m over 3.27 km, from 408 m to 816 m above sea level. Between its 6 pylons, the cable runs up to about 70 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
70/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Ober Mountain Aerial Tramway is scarier than 70% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 19 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 70 m, as high as a 23-storey building, 1.54 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 876 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 12°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 544 m of the 3.27 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Ober Mountain Aerial Tramway is near Gatlinburg, United States, at 408 m above sea level (35.70912° N, 83.52168° W). From there it runs 3.27 km up to the top station at 816 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 120 people
Nearby lines
- Crystal Express gondola · 2.8 km away · rises 173 m
- Funicular near Gatlinburg funicular · 3.0 km away · rises 35 m
- Funicular near Robbinsville funicular · 37.0 km away · rises 105 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.