Gondola · Queenstown, New Zealand
Skyline Gondola
Skyline Gondola is a gondola near Queenstown, New Zealand. It climbs 433 m over 618 m, from 347 m to 780 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 36 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
32/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Skyline Gondola is scarier than 32% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 3 of 5 in New Zealand.
- Highest above the ground: about 36 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 63 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 174 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 40°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Skyline Gondola is near Queenstown, New Zealand, at 347 m above sea level (45.02834° S, 168.65623° E). From there it runs 618 m up to the top station at 780 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 4 people
Nearby lines
- Cable car near Arrowtown cable car · 29.8 km away · rises 133 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.