Gondola · Mammoth Lakes, United States
Panorama Gondola Upper
Panorama Gondola Upper is a gondola near Mammoth Lakes, United States. It climbs 426 m over 1.33 km, from 2,935 m to 3,361 m above sea level. Between its 11 pylons, the cable runs up to about 95 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
76/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Panorama Gondola Upper is scarier than 76% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 16 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 95 m, higher than the Statue of Liberty (93 m), 1.03 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 391 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 330 m of the 1.33 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Panorama Gondola Upper is near Mammoth Lakes, United States, at 2,935 m above sea level (37.64250° N, 119.03037° W). From there it runs 1.33 km up to the top station at 3,361 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Operator
- Mammoth Mountain
- Capacity
- 2,400 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 8 people
- Ride time
- about 6 min
Nearby lines
- Panorama Gondola Lower gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 221 m
- Village Gondola, Mammoth Lakes gondola · 3.6 km away · rises 89 m
- Gem Tram funicular · 16.0 km away · rises 150 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.