PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola, Canada

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, and that’s exactly what the PEAK 2 PEAK gondola achieves in linking two of British Columbia’s most popular ski resorts. Spanning the 4.4 kilometres between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, the 11-minute cable car ride is the longest continuous lift system in the world. Completed in 2008, it can transport 4,100 people between the two mountain resorts each hour, and soars 1,427 feet above ground at its highest point. Feast on sights of volcanic peaks, glaciers, alpine meadows, the Fitzsimmons Creek, and even black bears in their natural habitat. If you’re particularly lucky (not to mention brave), you’ll get one of the two gondolas fitted with glass floor-viewing areas that afford a bird’s-eye view of the wilderness below.