Gondola · Steamboat Springs, United States
Wild Blue Gondola II
Wild Blue Gondola II is a gondola near Steamboat Springs, United States. It climbs 879 m over 3.65 km, from 2,285 m to 3,164 m above sea level. Between its 21 pylons, the cable runs up to about 72 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
68/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Wild Blue Gondola II is scarier than 68% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 23 of 121 in the United States.
- Highest above the ground: about 72 m, as high as a 24-storey building, 1.93 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 354 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 25°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 238 m of the 3.65 km ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Wild Blue Gondola II is near Steamboat Springs, United States, at 2,285 m above sea level (40.46219° N, 106.78798° W). From there it runs 3.65 km up to the top station at 3,164 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 · 1.6 km away · rises 665 m
- Wild Blue Gondola I gondola · 2.3 km away · rises 175 m
- Wildhorse Gondola gondola · 3.3 km away · rises 36 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.