The base terminal and first few gondola towers of the Mighty Argo Cable Car are worked on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at Argo Station in Idaho Springs, Colorado.
The Mighty Argo Cable Car gondola, Miners Point and Argo Station in Idaho Springs will be a new outdoor destination attraction in the Clear Creek County mountain town west of Denver when it opens in spring 2026.
Construction on the lower gondola terminal is moving along as is the Argo Outpost and upper terminal area around the 1.2-mile long gondola. Views from the top are second to none.
The base terminal of the new Mighty Argo Cable Car gondola is under construction Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 in Idaho Springs, Colorado. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).Bryan McFarland talks about the cable that will be strung together near the base terminal of the Mighty Argo Cable Car Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at the Mighty Argo Mine in Idaho Springs, Colorado. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).Bryan McFarland walks toward the base terminal of the Mighty Argo Cable Car Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at the Mighty Argo Mine in Idaho Springs, Colorado. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).An artist’s rendering of what Miners Point will look like after completion, as seen Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at the Mighty Argo Mill and Mercantile near the base of the Mighty Argo Cable Car in Idaho Springs, Colorado. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).The base terminal and first few gondola towers of the Mighty Argo Cable Car are worked on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at Argo Station in Idaho Springs, Colorado. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).Mary Jane Loevlie, left, and Bryan McFarland pose for a picture in front of the base terminal of the Mighty Argo Cable Car on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 in Idaho Springs, Colorado. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).Bryan McFarland walks toward the Argo Outpost at Miners Point Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at the Mighty Argo Mine in Idaho Springs, Colorado. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).A construction worker welds metal together atop the Argo Outpost at Miners Point Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 in Idaho Springs, Colorado. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).Construction workers work on the Argo Outpost at Miners Point on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 in Idaho Springs, Colorado. The Argo Oupost is one element of several being constructed as part of the Mighty Argo Cable Car gondola system being installed in the Front Range mountain town west of Denver. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).Bryan McFarland watches a set of metal stairs being craned over into position for the Argo Outpost building atop Miners Point on Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 in Idaho Springs, Colorado. Argo Outpost will be one of several new buildings connected to the Mighty Argo Cable Car gondola project McFarland’s team and the City of Idaho Springs are installing for a new mountain destination attraction in the Front Range mountain town west of Denver. (Jonathan Ingraham, Denver Gazette).
