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Gondola · Manchester Center, United States

Summit Gondola, Manchester Center

Summit Gondola is a gondola near Manchester Center, United States. It climbs 533 m over 2.20 km, from 649 m to 1,182 m above sea level. Between its 26 pylons, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

9/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, Summit Gondola is scarier than 9% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 73 of 121 in the United States.

  • Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 1.15 km after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 155 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 21°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of Summit Gondola is near Manchester Center, United States, at 649 m above sea level (43.11347° N, 72.90883° W). From there it runs 2.20 km up to the top station at 1,182 m.

Capacity
2,400 people per hour
Per cabin
10 people
Ride time
about 8 min

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.