Dozens Injured by Freak Ski Lift Failure in Spain - powder.com
6 days ago · On January 18, around 11:30am, a mechanical malfunction on the Canal Roya chair at Astún Ski Resort caused several lift chairs to drop to the ground, tossing their passengers off the lift. ... Images shared to social media show the lift's bullwheel sheared off and laying sideways against a lift tower. Canal Roya is a 1989 fixed grip quad chair ...
Terrifying Chairlift Malfunction Caught on Video - GearJunkie
Mar 16, 2018 · The malfunction at Georgia's Gudauri Ski Resort caused the chairlift to run backward at double speed, flinging riders off the lift and hospitalizing at least eight.
Getting On and Off of Chair Lifts - Learning to Ski - Mechanics …
If you fall over as you get off of a chair lift, if possible try to either get up quickly and continue forwards getting out of the way, or try to shuffle sideways out of the way of the next people who will come off of the chair lift.
Why did the Gudauri ski lift malfunction? - The Manual
Nov 11, 2023 · Ski lift malfunctions are not commonplace, but the terrifying viral video below shows that they can be chaotic and highly dangerous when they go wrong. But just what happened for this chair to...
Watch: Chairlift changes direction, causing chaos at resort
Jan 26, 2022 · A chairlift at a South Korean ski resort malfunctioned and began going backward at a high speed, forcing riders to jump to safety before the chair crashed into a pileup of chairs at the terminal.
Chairlift Operator Blamed For Georgia's Ski-Lift-Going …
Mar 25, 2018 · The operator of a fixed-grip chairlift which went in to revere at apparently high speed, flinging skiers on the lift of backwards with centrifugal force, has been blamed for the accident.
Shedhorn at Big Sky Evacuated Following Chair Collision
Apr 18, 2024 · Big Sky Resort conducted a rope evacuation today after two chairs collided on the Shedhorn high speed quad. A witness wrote on Reddit that one loaded chair slid back into another loaded chair just uphill of the bottom station.
Skier Sues Colorado Resort After Reportedly Falling From Lift
Jan 8, 2025 · Once it reached the line, three other skiers loaded the chair with Burgueno. As a result of his ski equipment being improperly secured to the lift, Burgueno fell from the chair just as it passed the first lift tower, causing him severe injury, the lawsuit says. Burgueno was reportedly hospitalized for several weeks following the accident and ...
VIDEO: 170 people rescued after gondola malfunctions at Winter …
Dec 23, 2024 · More than 100 people rescued from stuck gondola lift at Colorado ski resort. After a gondola lift shut down at Winter Park Resort in Colorado, more than 150 people had to be rescued. Video from Saturday shows people being rescued from one of the stuck gondola cars.
See skiers stuck on Upstate NY ski lift rescued with ropes (video)
Jan 19, 2025 · South Bristol, N.Y. ― Bristol Mountain ski resort in Ontario County had a mechanical failure on a ski lift Saturday night that led to the evacuation of skiers stuck in the chairs using ropes ...