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Gondola · Calistoga, United States

Sterling Vineyards Aerial Tram

Sterling Vineyards Aerial Tram is a gondola near Calistoga, United States. It climbs 65 m over 472 m, from 99 m to 164 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 31 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

10/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Sterling Vineyards Aerial Tram is scarier than 10% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 72 of 121 in the United States.

  • Highest above the ground: about 31 m, as high as a 10-storey building, 150 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 270 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 18°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Sterling Vineyards Aerial Tram is near Calistoga, United States, at 99 m above sea level (38.56705° N, 122.54955° W). From there it runs 472 m up to the top station at 164 m.

Operator
Sterling Vineyards

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.