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The gondola lift at Winter Park Resort, about 70 miles (113
kilometers) west of Denver, automatically stopped when it
detected the crack in a structural piece of the lift just after
noon on Saturday, resort spokesperson Jen Miller said. People
riding in the gondolas were lowered down by ropes over the
course of about five hours, she said.
No injuries were reported during the rescues, which came at the
start of the busy holiday ski season.
Ski patrolers entered the cabin of each gondola from above and
lowered people's equipment to the ground before using a rope
equipped with a seat to lower each of the 174 passengers to the
ground, Miller said.
Workers were replacing the section of the lift that cracked
Sunday as state regulators and the lift's manufacturer worked
with resort officials to investigate what caused the crack,
Miller said. The resort still had 21 other lifts open.
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