Sky Cab Gondola - Snowmass

The Sky Cab is a free gondola that is located at the base of the Snowmass Ski Resort. The gondola travels a short distance between the base area and the Snowmass Village Mall. The Fanny Hill ski trail runs below the gondola, and vacation condominiums line the side of the trail to the north.

Downloading is allowed for foot passengers who want to get to the lower section of Snowmass Village. No lift ticket is required for skiers or foot passengers to ride the gondola.

Snowmass Ski Resort free base area gondola
Snowmass Sky Cab Gondola trail map

Sky Cab Gondola Stats

  • Ride Time: 4 Minutes
  • Vertical Rise: 160 Feet
  • Capacity: 6 People

See Snowmass Elk Camp Gondola Info

The Snowmass Sky Cab is a non-detachable gondola, also known as a pulse gondola. This means that in order to slow the gondola down so that people can get in, the entire gondola line must be slowed. That is why the gondola cabs are grouped together in threes. This allow 3 gondolas to be loaded at a time, which makes it so that the gondola does not need to stop as often. Don’t worry, it will only slow down once on the ride up from bottom after you are on your way.

green and red cabs of the free Snowmass Sky Cab Skittles gondola above Fanny Hill ski trail
Snowmass Sky Cab above Fanny Hill and Snowmass Village
bottom loading station of free Sky Cab gondola at Snowmass
Sky Cab loading station in the morning
Fanny Hill ski trail and free Sky Cab Gondola also known as the Skittles Gondola
Sky Cab gondola, Village Express chairlift, Fanny Hill ski trail

Fanny Hill, located directly below the Sky Cab, is a flat, wide beginner ski trail. The run is short, but you can ski the hill for free and there is no need to buy a lift ticket to ski on this part of the mountain. This is an ideal place to bring a child for their first time on skis. You can expect to see at least a few children’s ski lessons going on within sight at any given time during the winter here.

Fanny hill ski trail below Snowmass Sky Cab gondola with children's ski lesson
Fanny Hill ski trail below the Sky Cab
Sky Cab Gondola, Village Express chairlift, and the now removed Burlingame double chair in the background at Snowmass
Sky Cab gondola, Village Express chairlift, and the now removed Burlingame double chair in the background
Free Snowmass Sky Cab gondola
The Sky Cab is sometimes called the Skittles Gondola
Snowmass's free Sky Cab Gondola
Top unloading staton photo taken from the Village Express
top unloading station of the Snowmass Sky Cab gondola
Top of the free Sky Cab gondola
top unloading station of the free Sky Cab gondola with Village Express chairlift at Snowmass Ski Resort
Gondola unloading station and gathering area

Summer Operations

The Sky Cab gondola will run during the winter and summer tourist seasons. 

Pets – Pets are allowed during the summer. Look for the gondola cabs with the paw print on them. No pets are allowed during the winter season.

Mountain Bikes – Mountain bikes are allowed in the Sky Cab gondola. Two bikes can fit in each gondola cab. The Elk Camp Gondola is one that will bring you to the MTB park, but this gondola can still be useful for bikers.

Snowmass Gondola FAQ

Yes, it’s not just foot passengers. There isn’t a lot of free skiing from here, but you can indeed hit the hill and ski for free via this gondola. If you want to ride the Elk Camp Gondola, you will need to buy a lift ticket.

This was built over the summer in 2005, and it opened for the 2005-2006 ski season.

The Snowmass Sky Cab gondola was manufactured by Leitner (Italy).

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