A broken ski lift at Winter Park Resort stranded 174 people in their gondolas for hours. Ski patrol conducted individual rope rescues, ensuring the safe return of all riders.
A broken ski lift at a Colorado resort led to 174 people being brought down by rope rescues on Saturday after hours of sitting stranded in their gondolas. The chairlift system automatically stopped just after noon on Saturday when it detected a malfunction, according to Winter Park Resort. Riders who were stuck in the gondolas were brought down individually by Winter Park Ski Patrol.
One rider, Taylor Scotland, told NBC News affiliate KUSA she was stuck with seven other people in their gondola for around four hours. The ski patrol team helped instruct her on how to rappel down from the lift, she said. 'You have to push yourself around, so you don’t get hit,' Scotland said. 'So I turned myself around. I was pretty scared there.' Alexey Dmitriev shared a series of videos of the ordeal on his TikTok account, including ski patrol members checking to see whether anyone had medical emergencies and coming up to bring down the passengers' equipment before having them situated in a harness. 'We're gonna send the seat up,' a ski patrol member explained in one video. 'We’re each going to get into the seat individually and slowly lower everyone down.' Dmitriev showed a video of the patrol member lowering a child down as well as another of his own rescue. No injuries were reported and every rider made it down safely, the resort said. Other lifts were still available to the resort guests to utilize. The gondola lift is designed to automatically stop when it detects an issue with the system for safety purposes, according to Winter Park Resort. Representatives from the manufacturer arrived on Saturday to oversee the inspection and repairs. A broken piece of one of the towers has been removed and a replacement part was installed as of Sunday afternoon, the resort said. Once the repairs have been thoroughly tested, the Colorado Tramway Safety Board will have to conduct an inspection before the lift can be re-opened to guest
SKI LIFT RESCUE WINTER PARK COLORADO MALFUNCTION
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
174 Rescued After Colorado Ski Lift MalfunctionOver 170 skiers were stranded for hours after a ski lift malfunctioned at Winter Park Resort in Colorado. A crack in a support structure forced the lift to shut down, trapping passengers in their gondolas. Rescue teams took five hours to safely lower everyone to the ground.
Read more »
174 Colorado skiers and snowboarders rescued after a lift cracksOfficials are investigating what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders
Read more »
174 Colorado skiers and snowboarders rescued after a lift cracksOfficials were investigating Sunday what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders.
Read more »
174 Colorado skiers and snowboarders rescued after a lift cracksOfficials are investigating what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders.
Read more »
174 Colorado skiers and snowboarders rescued after a lift cracksOfficials are investigating what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders.
Read more »
174 Colorado skiers and snowboarders rescued after a lift cracksOfficials are investigating what caused a crack in a Colorado ski lift that forced the evacuation of over 170 stranded skiers and snowboarders.
Read more »