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Telluride's Free Gondola
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Operating Dates and
Times
275 days/year, 7:00 a.m-11:00 p.m. Sunday-Thursday
7:00 a.m-12:00 a.m. Friday and Saturday
Riding Time Stats
Leg 1 = 6.2 minutes
Station Telluride to Station St. Sophia
Leg 2 = 4.7 minutes
Station St. Sophia to Station Mountain Village
Leg 3 = 1.2 minutes
Station Mountain Village to Station Village
Parking
Passengers may ride in the same gondola car
while traveling between Station Telluride
and Station Mountain Village. Passengers
must get off to ride between Station Mountain
Village and Station Village Parking.
A lift ticket or
season pass is required
to get off at the
Station St. Sophia
and
to access the mountain
during the ski season.
Environment Matters
The gondola virtually eliminates noise and
air pollution, congested parking lots, and
the need for people to drive their vehicles
between the two towns. It simultaneously
provides clean, smooth, quiet, free and visually
spectacular transportation. The gondola towers
are low profile, usually not exceeding tree
line, lessening the visual impact typical
of gondolas while also dramatically reducing
the likelihood of shut down due to high winds.
Convenience
With a total of 32 eight-passenger gondola
cabins on the three lines, guests can step
into a gondola cabin almost every minute.
Commuting this way takes far less time than
riding the old intratown bus system. The
hourly capacity of the gondola is 600% greater
than the bus system. (The total hourly capacity
of the gondola is 480 people per hour between
towns in both directions while the total
hourly capacity of the bus is 80 pph in both
directions.) The gondola can handle up to
1200 pph if consistent demand in the future
warrants more cabins being added.
Other Fast Facts Terminal Names: Station Telluride, Station St. Sophia,
Station Mountain Village, Station Village
Parking Passengers: Eight; mountain bikes can be carried inside
each cabin The Chondola: Telluride's Chondola is a cross between
an express lift and a gondola in which every
tenth chair is a four-passenger gondola cabin.
The base is located adjacent to Big Billies
Restaurant and Apartments in the Mountain
Village and the chondola's top station is
a 100-yard ski or walk from Station Mountain
Village.
System builders: CTEC of Salt Lake City and
Garaventa of Switzerland
Length: 2 1/2 Miles (4 kilometers)
Environment Matters
