Quito’s Skyrail consists of eighteen gondolas which travel along a cable up the slope of the Pichincha Volcano to a hill known as Cruz Loma, which is situated at over 13,287 feet. The ride, which takes about ten minutes, is beautiful. As the gondola sways gently on its ascent, you get an excellent view of the changing vegetation of the Andean highlands as well as of the city below.