Blue Grouse Gondola – Grouse Mountain, BC

This new gondola replaced the Blue Skyride tramway in 2024.
The bottom terminal sits in a new location next to the Red Skyride station.
The lift line crosses under the existing Red Skyride.
New lower station plaza and tower 1.
LPA station integrated into a base redevelopment.
Loading area at the base.
Sigma Diamond 8 cabin.
Tower 1.
The bottom terminal seen from the Red Skyride.
Lift passing over the parking lot.
Lower lift line.
The alignment is so steep that cabins required longer than normal hanger arms.
The towers are mostly very large with extremely large foundations.
Lift line passing above the trees.
A tower above downtown Vancouver.
Loading and unloading area up top.
Tower 14.
Tower 15 was a late addition when cabins did not have adequate clearance coming into the top terminal.
Upper station with underground parking.
Top drive station.
Three leg station.
View from the top.
Towers 11, 12 and 13.
Cabin over the Salish Sea.
A cabin passing tower 14.
A cabin nearing the summit.
Side view of the top terminal.
Sliding doors and individial seats.
Tower 2.
The lift line is not skiable nor open to hiking.
Side view of the bottom station.
Another view of the return terminal.
Both tram and gondola in operation.
Lift line overview.
The lone remaining tower from the lift the gondola replaced, right.
A cabin passing tower 7.
Monster foundation.
View up the middle part of the line.
Tram and gondola cabins passing tower 9.
View down from near the summit.
Cabin with extra long hanger for steep sections of the line.
The top breakover seen from below.
Another view of the large breakover.
Side view of towers 11, 12 and 13.
A cabin headed down.
Another view of the gondola and city.
Side view of a five section splice tower.
Steep alignment seen from the Red Skyride.
Lower lift line.

4 thoughts on “Blue Grouse Gondola – Grouse Mountain, BC”

    • WH2OSHREDDER.'s avatar WH2OSHREDDER. March 1, 2025 / 7:46 pm

      Grouse never fully removes lifts😅

      Also, this has a very low capacity for an 8-MDG…

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      • GearJammer's avatar GearJammer March 3, 2025 / 9:48 pm

        Haven’t had any issues this year. Tourists/sightseers/non-skiers still seem to prefer the Tram (it has better views) and I’ve never waited more than 5 minutes for up or down.

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        • WH2OSHREDDER.'s avatar WH2OSHREDDER. March 4, 2025 / 8:34 am

          Makes complete sense as skiers can use the faster, high capacity gondola while sightseers can enjoy the better views from tram.

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