Gondola · Aspen, United States
Silver Queen
Silver Queen is a gondola near Aspen, United States. It climbs 995 m over 3.88 km, from 2,423 m to 3,418 m above sea level. Between its 37 pylons, the cable runs up to about 71 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
69/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Silver Queen is scarier than 69% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 21 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 71 m, as high as a 24-storey building, 1.63 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 327 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 31°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 240 m of the 3.88 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Silver Queen is near Aspen, United States, at 2,423 m above sea level (39.18641° N, 106.81821° W). From there it runs 3.88 km up to the top station at 3,418 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Funicular near Snowmass Village funicular · 9.4 km away · rises 8 m
- Elk Camp Gondola gondola · 11.0 km away · rises 418 m
- Sky Cab gondola · 12.2 km away · rises 46 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.