“Outlook India” dived deeper into the recently opened Mimachal Pradesh, India, the Dharamshala Skyway. The 1.75 km aerial ropeway runs from Dharamshala to McLeodganj, with the top station in front of the Dalai Lama Temple. It was built at a cost of ₹207 crore according to media reports and consists of a mono-cable detachable gondola system, with 18 cabins that can...
A new gondola system, the Dharamshala Skyway, has opened in India. The 7.75 km monocable detachable gondola (MDG) system with the capacity to move 1,000 people per hour connects the tourist destinations of Dharamshala and Mcleodganj. The travel time between the two locations has been cut to nine minutes compared to several hours during peak tourist...
The aerial tram at Snowbird Ski Resort is enchanting passengers. The ride up on the tram is approximately 10 minutes and travels more than 2,900 vertical feet. More than skiers take the ride; guests enjoy the views from the tram and Snowbird’s restaurant, The Summit, located in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah. This is one of...
Due to harsh weather, the Sandia Tramway in New Mexico left 19 employees and 2 tram operators stranded for hours. The icy weather and high winds on New Year’s Eve caused the tram cables to tangle and stalled the tram. The descending cabin was carrying 20 people, including 19 restaurant employees and 1 operator. An...
Eighty containers have arrived in the Dominican Republic for their new cable car. The containers contain the pieces for the station equipment and 25 towers. All parts for the system are expected to arrive by February 2022 with hopes to be open by 2023. Although POMA is still the manufacturer, compared to the first system, more work is being...
Berlin is the first German city set to integrate a cable car into its public transit network. The German government is set to release guidelines for implementing cable car to complement their bus and train network and help with the transportation system’s demand. A study is expected to be published in 2023 to determine whether...
The governments of Punjab and Himachal received no bids for the cable car projects aimed to link the Sikh historic town to the Naina Devi shrine. The tender is being reworked for another request for proposal (RFP). The project would replace the 24.7 km roadway route with a 3.5 km cable car with three stations...
The Weather Network’s Nathan Coleman documented his trip to the only gondola in Atlantic Canada, Cape Smokey. Cape Smokey has been a ski destination since the 1970’s, but new owners were looking to create a year round destination. There are future development plans to build a tree walk. The system can operate with up to...
The National Parks Authority is working on a cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa to boost tourism. The system would allow visitors who cannot climb to reach Africa’s highest mountain. The project has been approved by the appropriate government entities and is expected to begin soon. The construction of the Bandipur cable car in...
The proposed development for the Mount Wellington Cable Car has been scaled down in an effort to get approval from Hobart City Council. The original design for the facilities on Kunanyi/Mt Wellington were reduced by over a third by trimming floor space and removing the restaurant and sanctum all together. Cabin capacity of the aerial...