GONDOLA (MUELLER) - Built in 1963 by Gerhardt Meuller. Meuller gondolas were prevelant throughout Europe but rare stateside
We are only aware of two other Meuller gondolas in North America and they were in Canada. One was at Whistler the other at Mont St. Anne.
The Whittier gondola is the only one still standing but it no longer runs. Mt. Whitter closed in 1985 for skiing.
Today the gondola base building houses a gift shop but the gondola area is closed off. The lift stands complete but in poor shape.

The Gondola was a two part lift with the bottom section an access lift servicing the parking lot. It crossed the highway and ran up to a midstation.
Skiers could load at the mid-station where the cabins detached and than re-attached for the second section up the ski area.
You can read more about Whittier at NELSAP