At Least Six Trapped After Blackcomb Gondola Tower Topples
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- December 16 2008
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According to ctv.ca at least six people are trapped in a Blackcomb gondola as a gondola tower tipped over:
Rescue workers are beginning to free skiers and snowboarders stuck inside gondolas on B.C.’s Blackcomb Mountain.
Around 2:30 p.m. the Blackcomb Excalibur gondola tower came off its moorings, stranding at least a dozen passengers inside several cars hovering over the mountain. The tower is now leaning quite heavily to one side.
Sgt. Steve Wright of Whistler RCMP says the gondolas didn’t fall — they remain on the wire cable with passengers inside. But the cable is sagging down quite far from its regular track.
At least six people are trapped inside the cabin closest to the base of the mountain. That car was hovering a few feet above the ground, and has now crashed down on top of a bus shelter in the resort town’s village.
A second gondola, about 40 metres further up the mountain, also has people trapped inside. That car is sitting five metres above Fitzsimmons Creek, between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains.
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December 17th, 2008 at 6:48 am
That must have been one hell of a ganjdola ride, bad trip
December 17th, 2008 at 8:54 am
was this the peak 2 peak gondola or something completely different??
December 17th, 2008 at 9:06 am
no it was excalibur lift that takes you from the village to the snowline. It is one of two lifts you need to take from the base to reach the snowline in late or early season.
December 18th, 2008 at 10:22 am
my worst gondola nightmare! prayers for everyone…!