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🚡 New gondolas at the Royal Gorge offer a whole new vantage point — straight down.

The two gondolas travel 1,200 feet over the Arkansas River. 

💭 My thought bubble: This looks thrilling and all, but I still miss Buckskin Joe's!

New, glass-bottomed gondolas at Royal Gorge are a rush

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The vew of someone's legs as they look down at their shoes and out the bottom of a glass-bottomed gondola at the Royal Gorge. The view below the gondola is of a steep tan stone canyon with an s-curve of blue river far below. 

The view through one of the new glass-bottom gondolas at the Royal Gorge. Photo: Courtesy the Royal Gorge Bridge and Park

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="🚡" data-vars-click-url="https://www.youtube.com/live/59CpJqCbxXs" data-vars-content-id="1a058620-dfea-4183-93eb-2c1ea53f696c" data-vars-headline="🚠 Pic du jour: Gorge-ous" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.youtube.com/live/59CpJqCbxXs" target="_blank">🚡</a> New gondolas at the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Royal Gorge" data-vars-click-url="https://royalgorgebridge.com/" data-vars-content-id="1a058620-dfea-4183-93eb-2c1ea53f696c" data-vars-headline="🚠 Pic du jour: Gorge-ous" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://royalgorgebridge.com/" target="_blank">Royal Gorge</a> offer a whole new vantage point — straight down.<ul><li>The two gondolas travel 1,200 feet over the Arkansas River. </li></ul>💭 My thought bubble: This looks thrilling and all, but I still miss <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Buckskin Joe&#x27;s" data-vars-click-url="https://royalgorgeregion.com/buckskin-joe/" data-vars-content-id="1a058620-dfea-4183-93eb-2c1ea53f696c" data-vars-headline="🚠 Pic du jour: Gorge-ous" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://royalgorgeregion.com/buckskin-joe/" target="_blank">Buckskin Joe&#x27;s</a>!

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New, glass-bottomed gondolas at Royal Gorge are a rush

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