GVC News
Views of Estes Valley from the Aerial Tramway return in summer 2024
Estes Park Trail-Gazettle
4-10-24
“The whirring sound of motors and cables will once again return to Prospect Mountain in Estes Park, Colo.The Estes Park Aerial Tramway, the nearly 70-year-old historic tramway that closed in 2023, has been purchased by Gondola Ventures, LLC (GVC) and will open for the 2024 summer season on May 25….”
Iconic Colorado tramway
restored and reopened
KDVR Fox 31
4-15-24
“Who would have thought that Robert Heron’s experience in Italy during World War II in the 10th Mountain Division would lead to the creation of one of the nation’s most iconic tramways? But that’s just what happened. Welcome to the new, old Estes Park Aerial Tramway….”
Historic Colorado Ride Begins
New Life in Summer of 2024
Retro 102.5
5-23-24
“It's one of the most beautiful views in Colorado that you can find: riding the Estes Park Aerial Tramway. Where once, it looked like it might be ending its run forever, 2024 would be the year of its rebirth. The tramway is unique in the fact that its based on how trams were built in Europe, without using any towers. Not many in the United States are like Estes Park's Aerial Tramway….”
VMighty Argo Cable Car
Company breaks ground
Clear Creek Courant
8-1-24
“The Mighty Argo Cable Car Company recently broke ground on a gondola in Idaho Springs expected to draw hundreds of thousands to the area every year when complete. Developers and investors envision 22 glass cabins/cars hanging from gondola wires with as many as 10 people per cabin traveling 1.2 miles up the mountains to the east of the Mighty Argo gaining 1,300 feet of elevation on the ride, according to plans….”
Idaho Springs hopes to strike gold again with scenic gondola,
mountaintop attraction
Denver Post
8-6-24
“Idaho Springs hoping to strike gold again with new scenic gondola, mountaintop attraction. In adddition to the cable car, a mountain park…”
Idaho Springs' new golden opportunity: scenic gondola and 'world-class' mountain biking
The Denver Gazette
8-6-24
“In early 2018 from her home in Idaho Springs, Mary Jane Loevlie was enjoying wine with a neighbor and looking up the mountainside from the Argo Mill and Tunnel, the historic tourist destination she owns. Out of the blue, I said, ‘Gosh, I wonder if we could put a gondola up there,” Loevlie said…”