Sweetwater Gondola

Come ride our newest gondola, located between the Bridger Gondola and Teewinot High Speed Quad. The Sweetwater Gondola has a mid-station, which accesses our beginner terrain, approximately a third of the way up the mountain at Solitude Station, then continues up to terminate just uphill of the Casper Restaurant to our intermediate terrain.

Solitude Station kids snowboarding lesson

SWEETWATER GONDOLA FACTS

  • 1276' Vertical Rise
  • Horizontal length is 4195'
  • 8-person cabin
  • Ride time from bottom to mid is just over 2 minutes (2.3 min) and to top is approximately 7.5 min
  • 2,000 people per hour lift capacity
  • Replaced the Sweetwater Chairlift
  • Services the new enhanced ski school facility, called Solitude

The Sweetwater Gondola was a significant capital investment, part of a broader and sustained capital investment strategy to ensure a world-class experience for Jackson Hole Mountain Resort guests.

The Sweetwater Gondola has supported several specific objectives:

  • To significantly increase out of the base area capacity
  • To provide access to our children’s ski school facility located in the Solitude mid-station area
  • To provide a closed carrier for the first lift ride
  • To allow kid’s instructors to ride with an entire class
  • To enable quicker access to the Casper area
  • To allow easy and safe uploading and downloading