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Gondola · Spokane, United States

SkyRide, Spokane

SkyRide is a gondola near Spokane, United States. It climbs 38 m over 355 m, from 535 m to 572 m above sea level. Between its 7 pylons, the cable runs up to about 36 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

3/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, SkyRide is scarier than 3% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 89 of 121 in the United States.

  • Highest above the ground: about 36 m, as high as a 12-storey building, 71 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 127 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 3°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of SkyRide is near Spokane, United States, at 535 m above sea level (47.66077° N, 117.42732° W). From there it runs 355 m up to the top station at 572 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.