The Sky Ride was a 120-foot high cable car system that travelled over Dolphin Lake in the La Ronde sector of Expo 67.Brightly colored gondolas holding 4 persons each carried passengers from the Expo Express station (at La Ronde's entrance) to another station in Le Village, an old-style Québecois village located at the opposite end of the park.
The cable cars offered visitors a panoramic view of the site, as well as the Montreal skyline, but bird's eye views were just one of the ride's functions: the Sky Ride was an effective means of dispersing the thick crowds that arrived hourly at La Ronde...
The Sky Ride's station near La Ronde's entrance.
Two panoramic rides: the Sky Ride (foreground) and La Spirale (background).
Architectual plans of the Sky Ride, 1965.images: (1 to 4): expo67.ncf.ca
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