The gondola operates directly above black and blue-black runs, requiring intermediate to advanced skiing or riding abilities.

The incident occurred at Winter Park Resort in Colorado on Saturday. A day out on the slopes in Colorado took a turn for the worse when a gondola malfunction left 174 skiers and snowboarders ...

After ensuring that no one was in distress, a rescue operation was initiated about an hour later during which ski patrollers climbed up the lift towers, shimmied to each of the gondola's cabins ...