Gondola · Joseph, United States
Wallowa Lake Tramway
Wallowa Lake Tramway is a gondola near Joseph, United States. It climbs 1,098 m over 2.63 km, from 1,373 m to 2,471 m above sea level. Between its 26 pylons, the cable runs up to about 48 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
49/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Wallowa Lake Tramway is scarier than 49% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 30 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 48 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 349 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 278 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 33°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Wallowa Lake Tramway is near Joseph, United States, at 1,373 m above sea level (45.27703° N, 117.20717° W). From there it runs 2.63 km up to the top station at 2,471 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
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.