Gondola · Truckee, United States
Village Gondola, Truckee
Village Gondola is a gondola near Truckee, United States. It climbs 31 m over 995 m, from 2,122 m to 2,153 m above sea level. Between its 10 pylons, the cable runs up to about 41 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
8/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Village Gondola is scarier than 8% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 75 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 41 m, as high as a 14-storey building, 882 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 152 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 8°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Village Gondola is near Truckee, United States, at 2,122 m above sea level (39.30461° N, 120.33710° W). From there it runs 995 m up to the top station at 2,153 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Aerial Tram, Sunnyside-Tahoe City cable car · 14.7 km away · rises 578 m
- Gold Coast Funitel gondola · 14.9 km away · rises 533 m
- Base to Base gondola · 16.5 km away · rises 205 m
- Highlands Gondola gondola · 18.7 km away · rises 178 m
- Big Springs Express Gondola gondola · 19.0 km away · rises 138 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.