Gondola · Steamboat Springs, United States
Wild Blue Gondola I
Wild Blue Gondola I is a gondola near Steamboat Springs, United States. It climbs 175 m over 1.36 km, from 2,110 m to 2,285 m above sea level. Between its 8 pylons, the cable runs up to about 48 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
26/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Wild Blue Gondola I is scarier than 26% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 46 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 48 m, as high as a 16-storey building, 1.19 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 245 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 13°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Wild Blue Gondola I is near Steamboat Springs, United States, at 2,110 m above sea level (40.45841° N, 106.80320° W). From there it runs 1.36 km up to the top station at 2,285 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 3,200 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
Nearby lines
- Steamboat Gondola gondola · 0.8 km away · rises 665 m
- Wildhorse Gondola gondola · 1.2 km away · rises 36 m
- Wild Blue Gondola II gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 879 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.